Word: doubtful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...told that some men avoid being selected to represent their university in athletic competition on account of the many pleasures which they would have to give up and the laborious training which they would have to undergo. Possibly we train too little, they train too much. The climate no doubt has an effect upon both. It may be that the nerves and nervous nature of the American enable him to get a better start in short distance races; it may be that the stamina and endurance of the Briton enable him to last better in long distances. No doubt each...
...Junior basketball team defeated the Freshmen last night in the final game of the interclass series by the score of 60 to 12. The Freshmen lacked aggressiveness and were slow in following the ball. After the first few minutes of the game the result was not in doubt. The Junior team displayed a surprising accuracy in passing and receiving the ball, and played throughout the game with excellent team work. They played much harder and faster than the Freshmen and kept the ball in their possession most of the time...
...three, races in the same day, and to repeat the process the day following. I have yet to see or hear of the man who was able to pull two hard four mile races on the same, or even on consecutive days with justice to himself, and yet I doubt if he feels any worse immediately after the race than the man who has just finished a hard mile and a half. This, it seems to me, is ample proof that a mile and a half is less exhausting than four miles. Of course there is a great difference between...
...honor and advancement to be gained thereby. And this is certainly worth some risk, as are also the lessons of experience and self-denial, and the spirit of co-operation, that must be learned. In the matter of health alone I think it open to grave doubt, as to whether the men who actually take part in the most strenuous of our sports, would not be the better if the strain was somewhat less severe. This was recognized in football some years ago, when the time of play in championship games was reduced from two halves of 45 minutes each...
...have been some, and several of the races have been close and interesting. It is in the greatly increased amount of general rowing and the improvement in the average standard of skill that the greatest change can be noted. That there has been an advance here no one will doubt who has been down to the river and followed the crews. Even this autumn, in the height of the football season, there were from twelve to fifteen crews out daily, while last spring there were twice that number, many of them being able to swing along at a very good...