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...they have been successful in a surprising degree. During the three years in which the contests have been carried on the smallest dormitory, Standish, has won four times, Smith three times, Gore twice. The name of the winning dormitory of the Fall contest will be inscribed on the shield which is located in each of the three Common Rooms...
...sake". It has been ridiculed as producing only mediocre, half-hearted athletics and the various "moral victory" explanations of defeat. But whatever its faults, real or imagined, it does point out by contrast some of the defeats in our American adaptation of the Spartan creed: "Gome back with your shield...
Andover entered 13 players in the Thirty-first annual Harvard interscholastic tennis tournament which began on the Jarvis courts yesterday morning, and displayed enough balance and steadiness to win 16 matches, thus assuring herself of the shield which goes to the winning school. Sixty-one players from 18 schools were entered and the tournament was marred with but few defaults. The number of entries, the largest that has taken part in the tournament for some years, is explained in part by the fact that this year the age limit has been removed. So many of the schools were unable...
...dinner the winning school will receive the shield given by the Athletic Association as well as the cup presented by the undergraduate in 1910. The shield is a permanent possession but the cup goes to the new winner each year. Although four places will count in the scoring, medals will be given after the dinner, only to first, second, and third place winners...
...Gore had already clinched the championship in both sections of the basketball series, while Standish had won the indoor baseball contest. The final standing of the three halls in baseball and basketball entitles Gore to 13, Standish to nine, and Smith to five points, counting for the Winter Sports shield. As soon as the figures concerning the number of men from each hall winning their numerals and the results of the interdormitory gymnastic meet are determined, it will be possible to award the shield to the winning hall...