Word: sufferings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recent years Harvard track teams have suffered from a notorious deficiency in the department of field events. Year after year a combination of sterling runners has been forced to content itself with a reputation of mediocrity in intercollegiate standing simply because of pitiable weakness in the field events. Curiously enough these five events require far less natural ability than is necessary to be a good runner. Faithful practice by a man of ordinary aptitude will in any one of these events lead to a degree of proficiency that will enable him to be of use to the team...
...take it up this year only in inter-class form, but if much interest is shown, and if the material looks at all strong, a university seven will be selected next year and a schedule of intercollegiate games arranged. One great advantage for Maine is that it rarely will suffer from lack of ice. This year there was ice eight inches thick before Christmas on a stream of running water near the college. A rink has been constructed on the campus for the inter-class games...
...anyone who feels he is unable to pay this should consult some member of the committee at Weld 3. No man should refrain from joining for financial reasons, as every effort will be made to keep current expenses down to a minimum so that no one will possibly suffer the least inconvenience of that score...
...Offensive kicking had its fine flower at Princeton, especially in the earlier games. Driggs seemed to suffer from nervousness in the Harvard and Yale games, and was not placing his punts as well as in the previous games. For Harvard Mahan was always a power with his right foot. Here the kicking game was well mixed with a run from kick formation that was always useful either in action or as a threat with a man like Mahan behind the line...
...coach at New Haven will not suffer from lack of material with which to build a team, although 13 letter men will be lost by graduation: Wilson, White, J. Sheldon, Guernsey, Wiedemann, Way, Higginbotham, Scovil, Chatfield-Taylor, Roberts, Savage, Milton and Von Holt. The first eight of these were practically regulars last season, though many substitutions were made in the Princeton and Harvard games...