Word: set
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sport here, however, was without organization, without elaborate rules, and without formal competition, until William S. Gummere of Princeton and William J. Leggett of Rutgers arranged the Princeton-Rutgers game of 1869, and drafted a special set of rules to govern its play. Those rules, either unconsciously or by design, followed the "association" style of play, for soccer, even in these early days, was an established institution...
...became interested in the work. At the suggestion of Mr. Irwin I devised a set of signals, made up from a combination of Army wig-wag and Stock Exchange signals, by which I can signal in an instant to the score-board the "downs," "yard line," "yards to go," "who's ball," "play by," "man hurt," "goal," "touchdown"--in short everything that is necessary to the complete understanding of the game. Since then I have constantly improved the system so that today it is accepted as a standard all over the country...
...course the receiver of these signals has an equally important, though less spectacular part to play. At the Stadium Mr. Frank E. Belliveau takes my signals. Mr. Belliveau interprets them and directs the half-dozen men who are stationed behind the score-board; they, in turn, set the various signs. Here everything is worked down to a science; if you wish to see hustling but efficient activity, spend a few minutes during a game behind the score-board. Each man has a certain thing to do, a certain part of the board to adjust. If he does the work...
Except for the fall to Yale's pride, however, the defeat was decidedly beneficial to Yale. Making no excuses for their failure Dr. Sharpe set to work to build up again his shattered team; and, what is most important, the entire University stood behind their coach, letting it be known to all the football world, that they had every confidence in the ability of their team to come back...
...seems as though Yale and Princeton have, for once, set aside the "Harvard first" policy. This is all the more to be regretted in view of the recent strong agitation in favor of tennis as a major sport at Harvard. That the Student Council should summarily reject the plan does not suggest that they considered the matter too carefully. Constituted, as that body is, with a large proportion of its members being the Captains and Managers of the present major sports, it is not hard to observe their psychological effect on the body as a whole. We may suppose that...