Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...better acting chance furnished in the burlesque, "The Goirl of the Golden Pest," by his not too emphatic satire of the matinee idol. It was a piece of mock heroics all the funnier for being in restraint. The palm for genuine acting, however, must go to the player of a subordinate part. H. E. Widener '07 as Abadiah Butterworth," the self-made man, was the thing itself. He stayed in his part, and he never failed to make his points carry. As the sheriff in the burlesque he was even better, and his complete change of voice, method and manner...
...ruse. Now such tactics ought never to be introduced into college athletics. They must above all be kept clean in order to accomplish their purpose of teaching healthful manliness. A glance at the newspapers during the league baseball season will show the number of petty disputes which occur between players and umpires, too often when the player knows he is in the wrong. Besides this the professional usually has his own reputation to consider. This depends on the success of the team, and this success he is willing to attain by methods sometimes unsportsmanlike. That college athletics should be dominated...
...forwards, Captain Sheehan and Wallace are quick and accurate in shooting baskets and play well together. Wallace is the best man at throwing baskets from fouls that Harvard has had on a Freshman team for some years. Broun, at centre, is a good defensive player and covers his man well, but is a trifle slow at times. The guards, Hoffstot and White, are fast and effective and form a strong defense...
...University team, Brooks and A. N. Reggio played especially well. In spite of a constant guard of two Haverford players, Osborne played his usual good game. In the second half, several opportunities to score were lost by the University forwards through inaccurate kicking. Baker, Haverford's centre forward, played brilliantly and was the most untiring player on the field...
...must be played. Freshmen were debarred from University teams, but it was voted that graduates, taking special courses should be allowed to play. In all future contests of the association there will be two referees; one to follow the play, and the other to look out for fouls. Any player throwing the puck will be put out of the game for three minutes...