Word: strength
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman crew squad has now been rowing long enough for the general faults of the candidates to be clearly apparent. The men seem to be awkward, and though they are well up to the average in strength, they do not apply their power well. The crews are still very unsteady. All the men are apt to let their oars fly up at the catch and to weaken at the finish. In fact their power is applied only in the middle of the stroke. This is partly due to the fact that they do not yet stand on their stretchers firmly...
...following are reasons why the Strength Test Team ought to be recognized...
Third--The Strength Test is a recognized competition between four universities and those men who made the list did so in a competition where 10,000 men competed and are as deserving as those who made a place on other teams where the competition is not so great...
Yale defeated Harvard in the dual track games at New Haven Saturday afternoon, by a score of 57 points to 47. The meet throughout was close and interesting, the final result being in doubt until the last event was completed. As was expected, Harvard showed the greater strength on the track, but was weak in the filed events. On the track Harvard scored 36 points to Yale's 28, and in the field 11 to Yale's 29. In every event but the broad jump Yale secured at least one point, while Harvard failed to score in the hammer throw...
...rank of the several colleges in the intercollegiate strength test competition is as follows: Columbia, 65,271.5; Harvard, 64,090.4; Minnesota, 56,160.4; Amherst, 48,742.9; Wesleyan, 45,159.2. Last year Columbia's total was 59,489.4, while that of Harvard was 53,676. The total made this year by the first fifty men of all the colleges is 70,861.7 against 63,904.5 made last year...