Word: game
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Galloping through the 51st Brigade, the Harvard indoor polo team rode to a 10 1-2 to 6 victory in the opening game of the season at the Common-wealth Armory on Saturday night...
Because of the freshness of the season, a slight dearth of material, and the absence of Captain E. T. Gerry '31, Coach Sharp picked W. F. Luton '32 to play No. 1, N. W. Kimball '32 at No. 2, and H. I. Nicholas Jr. '31 as back, although the game was scheduled for the Harvard seconds...
...fourth chukker, when the 51st Brigade started a scoring spurt and counted five times to Harvard's twice before the whistle blew, thus bringing the score up to 6 1-2 to 6. In the remaining chukkers, however, the clever play of the Crimson reserves asserted itself, and the game was stored away in the fifth period...
...opinion of Stubbs that correct officiating will speed up the game and add as much to college hockey as the new offside rule added to the professional game. Incidentally he also expressed the opinion that college hockey right now didn't want the new offside rule. This seems to substantiate popular opinion. The collegiate officials are trying to open up the game just as the pros are doing but from a different standpoint. The pro magnates are throwing away some of the fine points of hockey in permitting offside play and are catering to the crowds in their attempt...
...professional problem in tennis. It seems inevitable that we are going to have tennis pros just as we have them in golf, and the sooner they are treated sensibly the better it will be for the sport as a whole. More good tennis players will take up teaching the game as soon as they realize that they are not going to be ostracized from the court aristocracy for doing it; and the more good teachers there are the more the game will prosper in this country...