Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Capper was handicapped this year in having to face in his races the keenest competition of years, but nevertheless he always finished well up despite his comparative lack of experience. He has run better with each succeeding race, and with the added strength of another year's running should prove a well-nigh invincible...
Hard and conscientious work will be necessary on the part of all participating in track work if the University team is to be a successful one next season. The team has never been found wanting this year in the spirit of work but has suffered from a lack of material. While it was true that unfortunate injuries greatly handicapped the team in all of its meets, yet it was also true that when injuries retired the most promising men, there was not a vast amount of material from which men could be drawn to fill their places. In looking...
Although handicapped in no small way by football weather and the lack of a southern training trip, the Brown baseball squad has appeared to very good advantage in the 17 games which it has played so far this season and will be in good condition to meet Harvard tomorrow...
...weather, the examinations, not to mention a temporary weakness in the pitching department, all probably enter into the composition of the slump; but one element is present in it, an important psychological one, for whose existence there is no excuse, that is the lack of undergraduate support which was so plainly apparent at yesterday's game. Even considering the time of year and its manifold duties, there is no reason why more undergraduates should not go to Soldiers Field and encourage the team by their presence. Without such support, even the best team must falter. With such support, a return...
When once the lack of system, which made getting a tennis court when one wanted it a lottery was supplanted by the present system, by which courts can be engaged in advance, it was thought that the dissatisfaction among tennis players would subside. Unfortunately the new system was not understood at first and the resulting confusion caused many complaints. Now an even more unfortunate condition is coming to light. Men are forging names and resorting to like petty dishonesties to evade the rules of the new system. The new plan of signing for courts is a good...