Word: shower
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this rink, to be known as The Boston Arena, special arrangements have been made to accommodate spectators and players in the intercollegiate hockey games. Seats, arranged in the arena pit form, will provide for about 5,000 spectators. Under the seats 16 locker-rooms with shower baths have been set aside for the players, and the ice surface, 90 by 250 feet, will afford a hockey rink much larger than that in the St. Nicholas Rink in New York...
...rain. The squad arrived at Charlottesville, Virginia, last Sunday evening and was very comfortably provided for in a house close to the baseball field. Monday was clear and very warm, and practice was held both morning and afternoon. Another long practice was held Tuesday morning, but a heavy shower at noon, followed by continued rain, prevented further work until Thursday. Thursday afternoon the game with the University of Virginia was played. The team took the noon train Friday for Washington. Saturday morning the whole squad called on President Taft at the White House. On Saturday afternoon the game with Georgetown...
...mats, the showers, the lockers and the atmosphere are all sources of just complaint. The wrestling mat is covered with stiff canvas, which will often abrade the skin. Once a man receives a cut he runs a grave risk of catching skin-diseases, for that mat has been absorbing dirt and disease germs for years. The shower room should be renovated and properly lighted. The air is always close and foul. This could be remedied by putting in a modern ventilating system, or at least opening the windows every night. Then the lockers are filthy. Clothes left in them untouched...
...skillful exhibition of sparring was given in the two contests. Page shower up well against Mr. Foley, an instructor in boxing. J. P. Long '11 and O. M. Chadwick '11 had three rounds of two minutes each, in which the honors were even...
...doubters, their attitude will be completely changed by a visit to the present building. Aside from the lager defects in ventilation and room, there are many smaller ones which are just as objectionable. Apparently the mats are seldom if ever cleaned, for they are usually covered with dust. The shower baths have long ago outgrown their usefulness, and are absolutely inadequate when there are any number of men wishing to use them. In the bottoms of many of the lockers the dust of ages has accumulated. Many of the machines for pulling weights are out of order, there...