Word: favor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that there is no undue strain put on the athletes while they are in training and their later history seems to show they were benefited rather than harmed. Comparison of mortality of specialized athletes with the average graduate who does not distinguish himself in athletics is decidedly in favor of the athlete. The table of deaths further shows that the percentage of mortalities as the result of consumption and heart disease is lower in the case of athletes. Whether or not this fact is due to his development as an athlete or to the original vitality of the man cannot...
...first practice since December 20 on Artificial Pond yesterday afternoon. Work consisted of the usual preliminary rushing of the puck by the forwards against the defense, and a 40-minute line-up between the first and second teams, which resulted in a score of 3 to 1 in favor of the first team. The play on the whole was listless and the men showed poor physical condition. As the practice was on open ice the shooting was somewhat inaccurate. Coach Winsor stopped the play frequently, and did considerable individual coaching. Throughout the period the puck was mostly in the territory...
...following comparison of American and English athletics, with an argument in favor of the English system, is reprinted from the Harvard Bulletin...
...customs and the life and the spirit of the older Harvard. In "Academic Leisure" a plea is made for a real leisure in the life of our higher institutions of learning, and an active opposition by these institutions of "worship of energy and the frantic eagerness for action" in favor of "an atmosphere of calm reflection...
...game of the interclass basketball series, played Saturday afternoon, the Sophomores won the class championship by defeating the Seniors by a score of 29 to 6. Both teams played a listless game in the first half, the score at the end of the period being 9 to 3 in favor of 1909. In the second half, however, the Sophomores completely outplayed their opponents. Their team work was fast and well directed and their defence was excellent. Currie's basket shooting was especially effective...