Word: doubted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...troubled them considerably when they first came to this country, and are now in excellent condition. Fitzherbert gives the different events as follows: To Yale the 16 pound shot, the hammer and the broad jump; to Cambridge the mile, the half mile and quarter, and three hundred yards; in doubt, the 100 yards dash, the high jump and two hurdle races...
Several men are being tried at right half, but this position is also in doubt. It is rumored that several strong players have entered the freshman class, but they have not had a chance to show their ability...
...same with the literary man Every student of ability should fell it incumbent on him to spend his efforts in Harvard's service, it matters not in what direction. Selfishness in witholding power by which the College might profit is of all kinds the worst. We do not doubt that a little more strenuous effort would often rouse the literary power, weakened by disuse, and turn it to the benefit of the College periodicals. The new year would be an excellent time to inaugurate the change...
...nature present the best and purest form of amateur sport. Yale is doing everything to make the meeting worthy of an international name; one to which the Englishmen will look back with pleasure. In this the college has had the firm support of the alumni, and there is no doubt that the event will be as brilliant from a social, as from an athletic point of view...
...their weight-men and weight-men of their sprinters. Murphy at present figures on winning seven out of the eleven events, namely, the one hundred yards run and three hundred yards run, broad jump, the hammer and shot and the two hurdle races. Of these, the most in doubt are the three hundred yards run and the two hurdles, while the other four which Murphy omits are by no means conceded to the Englishmen...