Word: tournaments
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...players were handicapped as follows: Messrs. Mason, Denton, and Roby played even; Messrs. Mason and Roby gave Messrs. Blaine and Marston each 50 points in 200, Mr. Denton giving them respectively 40 and 25 points in 200. Messrs. Blaine and Marston played even. The tournament is not yet concluded, as one game still remains to be played. Mr. Roby is, however, sure of the first prize, Mr. Mason of the second, and Mr. Denton of the third...
...Tournament of the Athletic Association last Saturday was a success, and the one to-morrow should be as good, if not better. It should be better. Experientia docet. The experience gained last week should be used. The contests of last Saturday began at the hour announced, and there were none of those vexatious delays between them to which we are so much accustomed, yet they did not end until an hour after the time expected. The programme was too long for two hours. Much of the pleasure that would have been taken in the boxing and wrestling was lost because...
...Freshman race, no single-scull contest, no athletic sports, no base-ball match, no regatta promenade, no glee-club concert; 'side-shows' of every name and description should be absolutely prohibited. In abandoning the unwieldy National Rowing Association, Yale and Harvard should abandon with it the whole 'tournament' theory. In place of a long-drawn 'week of athletic sports,' they should offer the public a single short, sharp, and decisive University boat-race. Simply that and nothing more...
...hundred and forty-five pounds will probably be the line between light and heavy weights in the wrestling and sparring matches in the Gymnastic Tournament...
...Gymnastic Tournament to take place at the Gymnasium next week is an innovation of the Athletic Association we heartily approve. While it has been the custom in various other colleges to have regular winter athletic contests, Harvard has not, at least for the past few years, done anything to keep up the spirits and zeal of the men who work conscientiously during the long months of the close season, as it might appropriately be called. To spectators, also, this tournament will be interesting, and probably very amusing. Any break in the winter's dulness is certain to be acceptable...