Word: mottes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Owing to the large number of entries in the B.C. A. A. and Y. A A. games, there will be no regular Mott Haven team squads for the rest of the week...
Yesterday afternoon several of the Mott Haven candidates for the weight throwing events practiced hammer and discus throwing in Holmes Field...
...MOTT HAVEN TEAM.- There is no more team work in squads until Monday...
...shot putting contests to be held this afternoon at three o'clock, there will be as general an interest shown as there was at the first. Then, though the standard of performance was not especially high, several men competed who, with steady practice, can materially strengthen the Mott Haven team this spring, and especially in the dual games. Although these competitions are of benefit in arrousing interest in shot putting, those who do poorly in them at first have no reason for discouragement. After all, as past experience shows, only steady, careful practice brings any decided improvement in the game...
Many trophies of interest such as the old Mott Haven Cup, the West Point Football Cup, and the Lawn Tennis Trophy, which are now the property of the University, and the Shooting Cup, the Fencing Trophy and the Chess Cup, which are held temporarily, are either stored away for safe keeping or on exhibition in some other place than the Trophy Room. There are also many footballs, baseballs, flags and other trophies won by Harvard teams from year to year which are either put away like the cups or selfishly taken by individuals. All will agree that the Trophy Room...