Word: slights
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...York, N. Y., November 7, 1915.--The whole team came through Saturday's game in excellent condition. King sustained a slight injury to his nose, and Gilman was laid up for a few minutes with an injured ankle, but both men will be available for practice tomorrow. Harte was slightly shaken up, while Mahan came out of the hard contest having received nothing more than a "little more experience...
Dadmun and Wiggin did not participate in the scrimmage, for the former is temporarily laid up with a bruised shoulder and the latter is out with a slight muscle bruise. The rest of the University squad, however practically to a man took part in the hard work of the day, the men on Team A soon giving way for others. Team A lined up as follows: Soucy, i.e.; Parson, i.t.; Taylor, l.g.; Wallace, c.; Cowen, r.g.; Caner, r.t.; Harte, r.e.; Watson, q.; King, l.h.b.; Enwright. r.h.b; Mahan...
...work. With 13 events to choose from, every man can find an event suited to his particular qualifications. To play football a man must have strength above the ordinary, to play baseball he must have a good eye, in track work he must merely be sound physically. Slight men as a rule make the best distance runners and it has been demonstrated time and again that any man who will train for four years can make good time in the mile or two-mile. He may not be a world-beater but it is the second and third places which...
...comparison of weights, Cornell has a slight advantage, for while the University averages two pounds more in the line with a figure of 186, the visitors have a distinct advantage in the backfield. Their quartet averages 172 pounds, while Harvard's averages 163. From tackle to tackle, the figures are 193 and 192, Cornell being the heavier...
...side by side during most of the race, but a hundred yards from the finish Smith spurted and managed to shoot over the line a bare quarter-length ahead. Standish finished far in the rear. Smith's time was 5.36 which is very good for the course, though a slight following wind aided the oarsmen...