Word: teams
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University basketball team has recently finished one of the most discouraging seasons ever experienced by any Harvard athletic organization. Handicapped at the start by a small squad and a short schedule, the members of the team did the best they knew how, but were defeated in seven of the eight games played. Their competitors came from places where basketball is rated more highly than at Cambridge, as a consequence of which the games were usually one-sided. When they played in the Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard men turned out in very small numbers and the team undoubtedly felt that to many...
...believe that the reason for their lack of interest lies in the game itself. Played on a hard floor in a poorly ventilated hall, it is naturally not as attractive as out-of-door exercise, and the games often more closely resemble free fights than friendly contests between amateur teams. Although the two-period rule may possibly prevent some men from going out, it can not account for the general attitude, and its abolition would be no considerable factor toward the success of the team. At other eastern colleges, notably Yale and Brown, similar disapproval has been expressed...
...Shooting Club will open the traps on Soldiers Field today at 3 o'clock to begin the regular practice for the spring season. Five teams, including the University team and four class teams will be chosen from the eligible material as soon as possible, as the class shoot will be held on March 20. Cups will be awarded to the members of the winning team. Besides the regular University team shoots, the "Wigglesworth Cup" will be competed for again this season; there will also be weekly handicap shoots held throughout the season for which medals will be awarded. The season...
...should represent the University in more than two of the three periods of athletics in any one year. They were unwilling, as was stated by Professor White two years ago, "to countenance the continuous devotion to athletics and the amount of absenteeism involved in membership on some University athletic team during the whole University year." As a result of the regulation, a football player who takes one dive on the swimming team is unable to play baseball, row, or be on the track team...
...forced to admit that we cannot see the wisdom of such a ruling. If a man is so fortunately equipped that he can play on some team throughout the year and still keep up his college standing, he should be allowed to do so. As soon as it appears that he is neglecting his studies, he can immediately be prevented from taking part in athletics. We do not believe that a man's enforced abstinence from University sport during a season will increase his desire to work, but rather that an athlete constantly training will make sure that his record...