Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard malletmen were defeated by Yale in their opening game this Spring 8 to 4, but easily downed Pennsylvania Military College a fortnight ago. Princeton was defeated by the latter trio 9 to 8, and is rated at a handicap of 11 goals while the Crimson's handicap is nine...
...Princeton we are under a double handicap--a dissyllabic name and a thin, closed vowel (i) with which to start. Consequently, we cannot rival either the quick bark of "Yale!" or the slow sonority of "Harvard!" From the standpoint of effective vocalization "Prince-ton!" is what our British cousins would call a fair washout. What to do about...
...ball has many a potent defender, among them the American Golfer (habitually friendly to acts of the U. S. G. A.). Said Associate Editor Innis Brown last week: "Admitting that the new ball widens the chasm between the high handicap man and the low; and that it tends to accentuate the slice; yet the 'dub' who could not get the maximum result from the old ball, can from the new. The new ball was designed to bring back the use of wooden clubs and long irons on the fairway-the use of clubs for which the course...
...relief to learn that the new Colleges at Yale will start under no such handicap. The prices of rooms in the old buildings will remain as they are, and the lodgings in the new units will cost proportionately the same; that is, between two and three hundred dollars, depending on the size of the room. Thus it will cost no more to enjoy the benefits of the Colleges than to live outside the sphere of their influence, and they may be expected to contain a true cross-section of the student body. There is good cause to be thankful...
Coach Farrell's forces were inactive, after defending their laurels in the University handicap, while Hillman's Big Green trackmen, who invade the Stadium next Saturday, amassed 69 points, more than their two opponents combined totalled, in the first triangular meet with Columbia and Brown...