Word: factors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...practice largely eliminated this fault. Sandy Davenport '34 has carried on throughout the winter, winning his matches with an almost professional regularity. Evidently his experience in tennis tournament play has minimized the difficulty of gaining a mental equilibrium, which, however intangible it may sound, is a determining factor in any sport. F. L. Young '33, one of the few Seniors on the squad, has improved in the last week or so, and is now considered a valuable asset against Yale. H. V. Blaxter '33, who has played on the A team most of the season has a good chance...
...difficult to define precisely what a major sport is or should be. Mr. Bingham pointed out two years ago that the number of men engaged is not vital, since tennis is not a major sport, and that age is not a necessary factor, since lacrosse, although considerably older than hockey, is still a minor sport. Tradition and the size of the crowd attracted have something to do with the matter, and in any case, a great deal of interest must be shown before any athletic game can be raised to the rank of a major sport...
...indication of the manner in which the game was played up to that point. After the first period and a half, however, Dartmouth weakened, and from then on play was more or less slow. The apparent lack of substitutes for the visitor was a decisive factor in their defeat, for it was evident that the regular player were wearied by the first twenty minutes of fast skating...
Such a scene was not enacted last week but it was prepared on paper. The scheme was newsworthy because it issued not from a crackpot inventor but from a builder who, already famed for racing designs, promises this year to become a factor in commercial airplane manufacturing. He is Granville, of Springfield, Mass...
...worth the trouble of reading, and those which are, most often will be found only after a tedious search. There is no catalogue system in use, and the small size of most of the volumes makes them particularly difficult to detect. An its inaccessibility is of course, a contributing factor in the unpopularity of the Room...