Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Although I am willing to admit that the necessary roughness of the game may be objectionable to some people, that appears to me to be much less serious than the fact that there is a distinct advantage to be gained from brutality and the evasion of the rules--offenses which, in many instances, the officials cannot detect because they are committed when the players and the ball also are bidden from the eyes of the umpire. For these reasons I have come to believe that the game ought to be radically changed...
...Hall were given a rest. Cavenee was out again and took a few easy laps. Knowlton was also out running around the field. Guild was out in football clothes, and will be able to play again in a few days. The injury to Paul's shoulder is so serious that he will be unable to play again this year. O'Brien was back in the scrimmage, but his work was mediocre. Some of the best running with the ball was done by Hanley, who, with Lockwood, has been taken to the first squad. Wendell and Nichols also did good running...
...yesterday afternoon was again secret, and with a few exceptions will continue so for the present. Few of the men who played in the West Point game were in the line-up, and as a result the practice was loose and ragged, fumbling being again one of the most serious faults...
There is a serious lack of good material in the hurdles. O. F. Rogers '08, who has done 16 4-5s. in the high and 26 4-5s. in the low hurdles, is doing encouraging work. W. M. Rand '09 and I. B. Brandreth '09 seem to be promising candidates. J. B. Doyle '07 has not improved as was expected, and will probably try some other event...
...loss of F. H. Schoenfuss in the shot put is a serious one. There is no one in the University who has ever done better than 40 feet in this event. W. A. Hanley '07 is expected to do good work, however, and B. T. Stephenson '08 is another promising candidate