Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...After conducting a series of experiments with college trackmen, Springfield College (Mass.) physiologists reported that most pre-race warmups are practically useless. Setting-up exercises and a variety of massage techniques made no noticeable differences in the performances of Springfield runners. Nor could the scientists find any evidence that warming up reduces the number of athletic injuries. Their deadpan conclusion: "No one will question the beneficial effect of warming up when limbs may be almost numb from cold, but there is a suspicion that the practice of warming up is frequently overdone...
...weeks U.S. track buffs had been singing the blues because of injuries and poor pre-Australian performances. Only Coach Jim Kelly was unperturbed, and last week reports from Melbourne about warmup sessions proved him correct. Minnesota's Fortune Gordien ambled out to the practice field and spun his discus in a casual. 195-ft. toss that bettered his own world record. California's Cy Young, holder of the 1952 Olympic javelin mark (242 ft. ¾ in.), broke that record by flinging his spear...
...Band will try to stir up pre-game football spirit tonight at 8 p.m. with a concert and rally on the steps of Widener...
...tackles are Bide Thomas and Charles Griffith. Thomas, a 6-2, 205 pound strong man, was captain of the '53 freshman team, and is very tough. Griffith, not even listed on the pre-season roster, surprised everyone by making the squad and then by beating out senior Ken Jones. A sophomore, Griffith is 6-2 and 200 pounds even...
...varsity will open against an Ivy League school, Cornell, which follows the same rules on pre-season practice as Harvard, and against which the Crimson will have every reason...