Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seems as though Yale and Princeton have, for once, set aside the "Harvard first" policy. This is all the more to be regretted in view of the recent strong agitation in favor of tennis as a major sport at Harvard. That the Student Council should summarily reject the plan does not suggest that they considered the matter too carefully. Constituted, as that body is, with a large proportion of its members being the Captains and Managers of the present major sports, it is not hard to observe their psychological effect on the body as a whole. We may suppose that...
Most sport lovers are aware of the rapid growth of tennis in the past decades, but nothing could bring it home to Harvard men morely clearly than the fact that the Fall University Tournament had about twice the number of entries that the National Singles Championship had last year. Such a body as the Student Council of a great University ought to be thoroughly conversant with such matters, and that it was not so informed seems unusual. The arguments for raising tennis to a University sport are several and to the point. There are some against it. Where the preponderance...
...likely now that the path has been cleared some action will be taken by the Council. If it were possible to hope that they would reflect not only on the safety of a new plan, but also on the future prestige of Harvard athletics, it would not be long before tennis was a fully recognized University sport. PAUL JACKSON, Asst. Tennis Afgr...
...Cutts '02, said to be the most famous tackle who ever played on a Harvard eleven, joined Coach Fisher's staff yesterday afternoon. Cutts played on the team of 1901 which had the distinction of defeating Yale 21-0, for the first time in the Harvard Stadium...
Complete records in 12 sports in which Harvard and Yale teams have been engaged show that in the various series the University leads in seven, while Yale is ahead in five. The sports in which the Crimson excels are baseball, cross-country, hockey, lacrosse, indoor relay, soccer, and tennis. The victories credited to Yale are crew, football, golf, shooting, and track...