Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Light practice was in order for the University wrestlers yesterday afternoon, Coach Jedlinski giving his men much less strenuous work than usual in preparation for Saturday's meet with the Boys' Club of New York. The feature of yesterday's practice was an exhibition bout between "Dick" Daviscourt, the champion of Texas, who is scheduled to meet Zbyszko on January 30 for the world's title, and Coach Jedlinski. The seven men composing the University team will leave for New York today...
...Yard as a war memorial. This plan will at once commend itself to the undergraduate intelligence, for by it we may the more easily regulate our lives. In order that we may derive the full benefit from its establishment, we suggest that when the tower is in operation strenuous efforts shall be made to have it mark the important points in the undergraduate day. Beside the usual quarter hour chime, which will remind even the most abstracted instructor of the fitting moments, and an appropriate peal to mark the end of each lecture, we recommend that the proper authorities...
Final trials for the triangular meet with the Boston Latin and English High Schools on Saturday were held for all Freshman candidates at Soldiers Field yesterday. Owing to the proximity of the coming event on January 28, Coach Bingham will probably make this the last workout of a strenuous nature before the end of the week, but further trials to determine the men from 1925 who are to actually take part in the races will be held throughout the remaining four days...
Practice during the past week has been of a strenuous nature. The distance men are increasing their daily work-outs, while the sprinters have been concentrating on starts under the direction of E. A. Teschner '17. Teschner was a member of the track team during the years 1915-1916, and holds the University record for the 100-yard dash, 9 4-5 seconds...
...colleges; and this year the attendance at the whole series has been larger than ever before. Although the severity of the injuries suffered, and especially the danger to life, have been materially diminished by the changes in the rules made a dozen years ago, football remains a rough and strenuous sport in which injuries are often received that impair the efficiency of the players for a couple of weeks, or more...