Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor Pickering, of the Harvard Observatory, an expert and renowned man of science, denounces the "daylight saving" trick with the clock as a foolish and useless fiction. His opinion will have great weight and will carry conviction to the many who have hitherto regarded the scheme as a more or less successful plan to fool Mother Nature and her children at the same time...
...football team promises to be the heaviest in several seasons. No team since the giant combination captained by Gordon Brown in 1900 has tipped the scales for more pounds. Three of the rush line weigh more than 200 pounds each, and one of the backfield is close to that weight. Zenner, from the freshman team last year is the champion heavy-weight of the combination, weighing 225 pounds. Zenner is rated as companion guard to Captain Black, another of the 200 pounders. The rush line alone averages 194 pounds...
...average weight of the Yale rush line is 194 pounds, backfield 173 pounds, and the average weight of the entire team is 186 pounds. Nothing is, of course, settled of the makeup of either combination, but, since the signal rehearsals started last week, there have been only two changes, and Yale will begin the playing season with a makeup in which most of the present players will probably figure. The approximate weights are as follows: Gates, left end, 175 pounds; Taft, left tackle, 180 pounds; Captain Black, left guard, 220; Callahan, centre, 185; Zenner, right guard, 225; Baldridge, right tackle...
...average age of this crew is 18 years, the average height is 5 feet, 11 inches, and the average weight is 158 pounds...
...great problem has presented itself to Coach Guy Nickalls this year, in that the increased weight of the oarsmen has made necessary the adoption of a lengthy stroke, whereas last year a sprinting stroke was used up until the final workout before the race at New London. The first regatta of this year was held with Pennsylvania, and in this Yale's inability to get going so as to finish up with sufficient speed was clearly shown. The first crew was defeated by several lengths, although the second eight came through with a victory. Coach Nickalls made a thorough overhauling...