Word: stamina
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...estimated today as never before. Not only "what" to eat, but "how much" and "how often" are debated in athletic camps all over the country. A prominent football coach in Pennsylvania has come out with the statement that he has found his teams to have greater speed, and stamina when they cut out noon lunch. Christy Mathewson, the former "Big Six" of the New York "Giants", found in his own ease that he could pitch more effectively and "last" longer on two meals a day. In "reminiscing" recently he remarked that no man could be effective after eating any considerable...
...come till January 6. On this date the New Jersey players inflicted a decisive defeat on the Pennsylvania aggregation, 4-0, and journeyed to New Haven on the 14th fully expecting to give the Elis a hard battle. Such proved to be the case, but Yale possessed the greater stamina and aggressiveness...
...some of the most brilliant tennis the tournament has yet seen. Sweeping into the lead at the first the former interscholastic star had the match at 2-2, when Herndon's play suddenly stiffened. Five times the Freshman player had match point, and lost. In the end the stamina and steadiness of the older player carried him through...
...special articles in today's CRIMSON by coaches of the Harvard, Yale and Princeton crews deserve the attention of all rowing enthusiasts. The length of our big boat races is based upon the long-established tradition that the longer race is the better test of skill and stamina. Back in the fifties when Harvard crews used barges on the Charles, the course was almost invariably three or four miles long. The introduction of the less cumbersome shell only tended to confirm the adoption of a protracted contest as the culminating event of the year. Although it is generally conceded that...
Three years of this and the successful student is equipped with the technical assets requisite to admission to the practice of the law in any state in the Union, and the tough mindedness and mental stamina to enable him to deal successfully with the myriad of intricate questions constantly confronting the practicing attorney...