Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...defeat of its season by the score of 3 to 0 on the Exeter rink Saturday afternoon. All of the scoring came in the second half when the sensational goal guarding of Plimpton, the Exeter goal, who made 12 stops in the first half, gave way before a more strenuous bombardment by the second team forwards. Another factor in Exeter's defeat was the retirement of Captain White, who was compelled to withdraw in the first half after being hit in the mouth by the puck...
With the President not against him, are the advocates of universal training. Our militia system has failed and the most strenuous efforts of our recruiting officers have been unable to bring the regular army up to its required size. Words are heeded only when there is strength behind them. It is the general opinion that the President's words were good, that his plan is a great one, but the execution of this plan will require something more than "moral strength." If we are to see its success and if we expect to have a voice in the reorganization...
...strenuous part of the afternoon's work consisted in a scrimmage between the regulars and the B. A. A. seven, which was cut short after about 20 minutes because the Boston team needed the whole rink in preparation for its game tonight. The practice showed a great improvement on the part of the University, for the men were all in good condition and gave a much better account of themselves than on Monday. E. O. Baker '17 played one of the best games of hockey he has shown this year. He developed a remarkable amount of speed, and his stickwork...
Tristam Burges Souther '04, of Essex Fells, N. J., died suddenly following a game of hockey on Verona Lake near Montclair, N. J., on the afternoon of December 31. Overexertion in a strenuous game which he played is believed to be the cause of the sudden illness which caused his death. He was 32 years of age and is survived by a widow and one child...
...other hand, Melville E. Webb, Jr., of the Boston Globe, maintains that the University team will be the likely winner. He argues that the Crimson eleven will be more physically fit for a hard game than Yale, because of the latter's strenuous work against Princeton. He summarizes the situation as follows...