Word: contests
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this evening we extend our best wishes. Of recent years Princeton has assumed a position of practical leadership in the debating world--a position which for many years had been Harvard's undisputed right. We look forward to a renewal of the old prestige in this truly academic intercollegiate contest...
...protest of a Senior against the so-called two-sport rule, which, it is claimed, seriously handicapped the swimming team in its recent meet with Yale. Without the services of an experienced swimmer, who had played football during the fall and wished to take part in the more important contests of the spring, the team was undoubtedly at a considerable disadvantage. We are inclined to doubt the extent of injury that the rule has done, but here certainly is a specific instance of its harmful possibilities. Our contributor is right in stating that a man's record in his studies...
...June 6. Experience has shown that, although open to all amateurs, American Olympic teams have been composed chiefly of college athletes. The latter will find it hard to keep in the best of condition for both meets, and will undoubtedly wish to be at their best for the intercollegiate contest. Why not, therefore, allow the records made at the intercollegiates to stand as their trial, with the meet on June 6 open only to men not eligible to take part in that between the colleges...
...University swimming and water polo teams will meet Yale this evening at 8 o'clock in the annual dual contest, at the Brookline Swimming Tank. The University team is handicapped by the lack of practice brought about by inadequate tank facilities and by the loss of several good swimmers. The water polo team has been coached by J. B. Green and Dean James of Brookline. For Harvard, P. Withington '09 is easily the star, having recently swam the 100 yards in 59 seconds at the interclass meet; R. F. Hoyt '10 and T. G. Aspinwall '10 are also fast...
After the races, a water-polo game was played between two scrub teams, the small size of the squad making it impossible to hold an interclass contest...