Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Roberts ocC. (scratch) won the 35-pound handicap weight competition, held yesterday afternoon in the Cage, with an actual throw of 44 feet 9 inches. W. Arnold '18 (15 feet) won second place with a throw of 44 feet 6 inches, and M. H. Rudman uC. (20 feet) was third with 38 feet 10 inches. Roberts's throw beats the record established at the National Junior Championships last summer by 3 feet 9 inches...
...weekly handicap pole-vault competition was held in the Cage yesterday afternoon, G. G. Haydock '16 winning first place from scratch with a vault of 11 feet 10 inches. C. S. Babbitt '18 (3 in). and W. E. Sullivan (1 ft. 6 in.) tied for second place with vaults...
...handicap shot-put competition will be held this afternoon...
...when, for instance, Chicago had seven college concerts, St. Louis had four on four successive nights, and altogether Harvard conflicted with Yale on four of the eight cities in its itinerary. Such a situation necessarily dampens the reception which the undergraduates get in the West and South, and thus handicap these student organizations. The greatest good, however, may accrue to the alumni. Instead of having their purses drained and their hospitality taxed to the limit, the graduates of the four universities will be able to support each other's activities, with the result that Christmas tries in the future will...
...Harte '17, who reported for the first time, very few candidates have come out. Therefore, Coach Mitchell has issued another call for candidates. Pitchers from the classes of 1917 and 1918 are especially needed. No previous experience is necessary, and failure in having reported before will be no handicap. Under the new system which Coach Mitchell has introduced, the rudiments of pitching can be learned much more quickly by those who have had no experience than under the old style of instruction...