Word: turnly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Article IV of the Laws of Athletics was amended by adding thereto the following: "To the end that there be no unnecessary delay, each competitor shall take his trial or turn when called upon to do so by the field judge having charge of the contest, and if in the opinion of such field judge the competitor unreasonably delays to do so, such judge may at his discretion forfeit such trial and have the same tally against the competitor as one miss or failure...
...exclusive. But even having this aim especially in view it seems to me we can best attain it by giving proper encouragement to the champions in the sports, and this can only be done by encouraging intercollegiate sport. As I emphatically disbelieve in seeing Harvard or any other college turn out mollycoddles instead of vigorous men, I may add that I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough. Rowing, baseball, lacrosse, track and field games, hockey, football, are all of them good. Moreover, it is to my mind simple nonsense, a mere confession...
...bleachers blue turn pale with fright...
...rest on account of a cold. In the preliminary work Coach Reid and Burr punted to the backs for about 15 minutes in order to give them confidence while playing in the backfield, and practice in blocking off tacklers. All the ends ran down the field in turn under the punts. The catching was very satisfactory and much improvement was shown in the interference given the runner. Parker and Wendell tried several goals from the field. Hall and Kennard made a few attempts for goals from drop kicks from behind the line of scrimmage...
...Jones began his career by writing melodrama. Being obliged for his support to pursue this form of dramatic writing for ten years, he first won distinction with his still famous melodrama "The Silver King." After 1884 he was able to turn his efforts to writing other forms of drama, and brought out "Saints and Sinners." It was not until late in the eighties, however, that Mr. Jones gained a permanent hold on the better class of the public by means of his "Juda" and "The Crusaders." In the last fifteen or sixteen years Mr. Jones and Mr. Pinero have shared...