Word: strains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Wednesday, the Harvard Seniors in the team sacrificing their Class Day, the Yale Seniors their Commencement Day, and both teams undergoing two contrasts with no day between. This last consideration is not so important as members of a defeated team are disposed to think it. I question whether the strain of anticipation is not fully as great as the strain of reality, and whether it is not just as well to play these two games without a longer interval. The need of two pitchers in a team that may have one or none is a more serious drawback. Except...
...tentatively drafted, will not include a game with Dartmouth but will probably have Brown substituted in its place. The reason for the dropping of this game is that the advisory committee and the coaches thought that three hard games at the end of the season were too severe a strain on the players, and they therefore thought that it was best that Dartmouth be dropped from the schedule next fall. This does not mean, however, that the break in the long series of contests between the two Universities will be permanent, for it was merely decided upon...
...schedule. Because of the excellent spirit of the Dartmouth teams and their supporters, the game has long been one of the events of the year. However, Doctor Nichols has for two years insisted that at least one of the three heavy games be dropped in order to lighten the strain upon the players even though this must be done at the sacrifice of the game with Dartmouth. In future years, it may be possible to distribute the hard games, and then we hope to see Dartmouth again upon the schedule...
While the country at present is undeveloped to a deplorable extent, the future is not altogether black. The race is naturally able and possessed of sound moral attributes. One weakness, however, is found in the inability of the leading statesmen to withstand prolonged mental strain. Next to the demand for adequate medical aid, some relaxing outdoor sport is the greatest need of the Chinese race...
...Vanderbilt game, the substitutes did well to relieve the team of a strain. The two weeks rest thus gained sent them into the Dartmouth game in fine form, only to demonstrate again what endurance and aggressiveness in the line can do against superior weight. The hardest game of the season was won by splendid team work...