Word: handicap
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...practice, straining a tendon, and it is practically certain that the injured member will keep him on the bench for the rest of his last college season. The loss of a pitcher who has proved so effective during three years of University competition is an exceedingly serious handicap to a pitching staff which has shown itself to be the weakest division of the squad. It will leave Spalding, Herrmann, and Puffer to shoulder the responsibility of staving off a repetition of the two-game win for the Blue last year...
...Monday Miller tried a few starts on the track and appeared in better condition than had been expected. Yesterday's workout proved him fit to run against the Eli, although his injury will probably handicap him. According to Coach Farrell Miller has a "good fighting chance" of defeating Norton, champion Yale point-winner, next Monday if he is in good condition...
...University pole team captured the Copley Plaza Polo Cup yesterday by defeating the first Dedham team 17 to 9 in a game played on the field of W. Camerson Forbes '92. The play was far closer than the score, reveals, since the University horsemen were given a handicap of eight goals, but for which the game would have resulted...
...face to face with competition in the world, and they might as well meet it when they try to enter College as at any time. For their own good they should be made to stand on their merits. The sons of all Harvard men we know ask for no handicap; they want what they deserve, but nothing more...
...perennial habit of triumphing over Crimson teams. The two football stars, Keefer and Dixon, who will bat third and fourth, will be a pair of troublesome hitters to dispose of, and the whole nine is reputed to be proficient with the bat. The new Harvard line-up will undoubtedly handicap the team in some measure. In spite of the defeat, there were encouraging moments in the Princeton battle last week, and if the faltering pitching staff can be strengthened, a certain amount of optimism seems to be warranted...