Word: englishmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...science of rowing has not remained inthe state in which has not remained in the state in which Mr. Cook found it in 1872. The progressive spirit of this century has shown itself in the science of rowing, and while Americans are ahead in the science of rigging, Englishmen are probably ahead in the science of rowing, on account of their superior leg work. In 1885 Mr. Storrow paid a good deal of attention ts leg work with excellent results; since then Yale has improved her leg-work but not at the expense of other important principles...
...interesting to compare the best English college records with the best performances of college athletes in America. It seems that out of a total of eleven events the Englishmen hold eight, the American colleges two, while one event, the 100 yards dash, is a tie, at 10 seconds. The following is a carefully prepared table showing the best records so far announced, for American and English colleges...
...keep them in fit physical condition for the June race with Harvard. These reasons seem to us here at Yale to e weighty enough almost to necessitate placing the date of the proposed Yale-Cambridge race in July or early in August. We don't know how the Englishmen feel about it because we have not heard from them yet. We shall open negotiations soon and see how they look at the question...
...sports from the best teachers, as most people of sense do learn. There are few attainments of body or mind that have not to be taught the learner by persons more proficient than himself, and it places no mark of evil on the teacher that he be dubbed "professional" Englishmen have not suffered from their contact with professionals, without whom no cricket club of any importance in England exists. There is no tennis court without its professional "marker" in England or any other country, and that in a game distinctly less savoring of "professionalism" than any other sport...
...comparing the Intercollegiate records of the country with those of England we find the following facts: In the broad jump we do not equal the Englishmen, but in the high jump our records are much better. In the long distance events our time is somewhat slower, but in the short distance the records are about the same. In putting the shot we have done better, while the records in throwing the hammer show about an equal amount of ability. In the hurdle race we are still inferior.- Yale News...