Word: picking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...more open has created a much more interesting game in which fast, moderately heavy men with spirit and intelligence are at a premium. The latter by lessening the size of the squad has greatly hampered the development of the team in that there was less material from which to pick first string...
...middle of the schedule, during the formulative period. What the team wants is good support without criticism. Last year there was a great deal of grumbling and criticism, and the coaches were accused of favoritism. You men must feel confidence in the coaches, and trust us to pick the team. If anyone has any criticism to make, let him make it direct to head-quarters, and an explanation will be given him. The team this year is typical of Harvard, and as such it should be heartily supported...
...annual fall chess tournament to pick a team to play against Yale will begin today. The fifty men entered have been divided into eight sections. A round robin tournament will be played in each section, the pairings for which will be sent to the entrants by mail. Two men will be retained in each section for the semi-finals, in which the ten men who make the highest scores will constitute the team that will play against Yale in Dwight Hall, New Haven, on the evening before the Harvard-Yale football game...
...will have the benefit of his experience in the dual and intercollegiate meets this spring. In addition, S. T. Hubbard, Jr., '07, R. P. Boyer '07, H. F. Hadden '09, and H. F. Miller sS., who was unable to compete this year, will make a strong squad to pick from. In the two-mile run M. H. Stone '07 and M. S. Crosby '08 were both point-winners, and should be next year. With W. G. Howard '07, H. W. King '08, N. Hedin '08, and others, the prospects are unusually good for this event...
Since the semi-finals have not as yet been reached, it is impossible to pick the probable winner of the tournament. Volkmann's School leads so far in the contest for the shield to be awarded to the school winning the greatest number of matches, and it will probably carry off the honors. At the close of play on Saturday, the standing of the schools was. Volkmann 14, Newton High 10, Andover 9, Stone's 9, Boston Latin 6, Cambridge Latin 5, Rindge Manual Training 2, Exeter 1, and Dedham High...