Word: handicaped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shot-putters who entered the Y. M. C. A. games in Boston, C. A. Pratt '28 was the only man to place, getting first place in his event with a heave of 42 feet 1-2 inches. He had a handicap of three feet...
...Massachusetts mill interests, among other obstacles, are up against state laws which prescribe a 48-hour week and forbid the employment of women after 6:00 p.m. The Bay State textile men declare this is an impossible handicap for them to carry as against the freer conditions in North Carolina, and accordingly they are seeking a 54-hour working week from the Legislature. They claim that it is more expensive to operate a cotton mill in Massachusetts than in any of the other textile states, and that the local cotton industry has practically lost its markets to the South...
Syracuse, which captured the honors in 1922 and 1923, is Harvard's most dangerous opponent in the coming event with such runners as Bell, who made a remarkable showing last year when he won the Freshman race; Gottlieb, conqueror of Nurmi in a handicap test last winter; and James Loucks. Pittsburgh, with only Corbett and Howell of its last year's victorious five available, appears to have little chance...
...Princeton, this year, especially since the Crimson decisively underscored them last week. Captain Smith of the Yale runners, who captured the individual title in record time last year, will be among the threats in the starting lineup. His early-season injury this year, however, has proved a heavy handicap to his running, and he has shown no remarkable come-back...
Three evenly matched runners led the field in the half-mile run, the winner being W. H. Hulsman '29, with a handicap of 25 yards. The next arrival was J. O. Wilds '29, captain of the 1921 cross-country team which beat Yale in the last dual meet of the season last Saturday. He started the race with a 35-yard advantage, which was ten yards more than that given L. L. Less '27, who followed in third place...