Word: handicapped
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Injuries will seriously handicap the Freshman basketball team this evening when in encounters the Tufts yearlings in the Goddard Gymnasium at 7.30 o'clcok. J. A. Reed, who was the outstanding player in the M. I. T. and Y. M. C. A. games, is out of the line-up indefinitely with a torn muscle in his side. Rauh, who has played briefly in every game to date, will take his place at center. The team, during the past week, has been drilled incessantly on the five-man defence which was so effective against the M. I. T. quintet last Wednesday...
...well, Allen's phenomenal sprint on the last lap, coming within a few yards of tieing for first place. Equally unexpected was the high-jumping of S. B. Jones '26, which won first place in that event. The actual leap was 5 feet 11 inches, while a handicap of one inch increased the total to six feet. Inasmuch as Jones never did better than 5 feet 8 inches at school, the extra height speaks well for his improvement this fall...
...Gordon '23, with 14 yards handicap, placed first in the 600-yard run with several yards to spare, and J. S. Murphy '25, a member of last year's Freshman team, gained second place in the 300-yard race after an exceedingly close battle with Spinney, captain of the Huntington school team...
...University and Freshman track teams will open their indoor season at 7.30 o'clock this evening when Coach Martin will try out the more prominent men on his squad in the open handicap athletic meet of the Young Men's Christion Association in Boston. Over forty men have been entered for this meet, but probably only a part of them will compete...
...reason for the change is not far to seek. Heretofore the New Jersey teams have been limited to the Philadelphia rink for artificial ice, a handicap too severe to be overcome. One victory in thirteen games tells the story only too well. Impossible conditions put even close games out of the question, and Harvard-Princeton results were usually a foregone conclusion. But this year the situation is very different; good material, a coach of recognized ability, and plenty of practice in a rink close at hand have resulted in the startling total of twenty-seven goals and three victories...