Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...team will feel his loss, of course. But I think the men will play better hockey than they did in the last game. We had five new men in that game who had never faced Yale on the ice, four of them had never played Yale in any sport. Now that they're a bit experienced, they'll show up better. It will be a hard contest, but I look for a Harvard victory...
Golfing enthusiasts have long bemoaned the comparative neglect of their favorite sport in comparison to tennis, squash, and similar activities. The erection of two greens on which to practice approach shots will eliminate the necessity of traveling miles to the nearest golf course. A far more important step in the recognition of golf, however, is the securing of Francis Ouimet's services this spring to lay out the greens and to coach the University golf squad. The able services of such a recognized golfing figure will do much to increase the prestige of the sport at Harvard...
...Athletic Committee voted to be laid out on the Longfellow Track at Soldiers Field, will be constructed. The laying out of the two greens, for which appropriations were made at the December meeting of the Committee is the first step in a program to encourage golf as a sport in the University...
When Byrd returned to Little America, his base, he was meditative. Finally he said: "I have named this land after the best sport and noblest person I know, one who has borne the brunt of all my adventures and to whom the credit belongs for anything I may have accomplished. This new land will be Marie Byrd Land...
...smothered the Yale speed. Especially notable was the Harvard defense method of meeting the attack at center ice and taking its sting before it was near the goal. It is such achievements as this, in the face of dubious odds, that bring home forcibly the fact that the University sport teams are guided by men who know their business. The second trial of hockey strength between the teams will be watched more eagerly because of the proof of the first...