Word: tournament
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rather than their potentialities of skill, and the spectators as well as the governing bodies hesitate to recognize any form of sport in which a player is not likely to be seriously hurt. Men who have played both university football and first-class tennis admit that a five-set tournament match may be a more grueling affair than the most desperate of gridiron battles, but with broken bones, cuts and bruises eliminated, there are usually no external evidences of the punishment. Unfortunately, however, it is also possible for a tennis, player to be an absolute quitter and yet be excused...
Royal Henderson Snow '20, of Chicago, Ill, was yesterday elected captain of the University Fencing Team by the members of the University squad. Snow has been on the first squad for two years and has competed in the Intercollegiate Tournament twice...
...members of the class teams will be chosen on the Friday following the tryouts. Then the teams will have a week to prepare for the preliminary round of the tournament, which will take place on November 10. The finals will take place November 14. The winning team will be awarded a silver...
...subject for the interclass debating tournament, as announced last night, is as follows: "Resolved: that the United States Government should officially recognize by law the principle of collective bargaining." The tryouts for the class teams will be held on Thursday evening at places to be announced. The candidates will speak five minutes on either side of the subject...
Plans for an interclass debating tournament to take place on November 14, have been formulated by the University Debating Council. According to the tentative schedule the Freshmen will meet the Sophomores and the Juniors will meet the Seniors in the preliminary round of the tournament on the same night; November 10. The places of meeting and the subject for all the debates will be announced early next week. Silver cups will be awarded to the winning team...