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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tennis in the past decades, but nothing could bring it home to Harvard men morely clearly than the fact that the Fall University Tournament had about twice the number of entries that the National Singles Championship had last year. Such a body as the Student Council of a great University ought to be thoroughly conversant with such matters, and that it was not so informed seems unusual. The arguments for raising tennis to a University sport are several and to the point. There are some against it. Where the preponderance of fact lies is indicated by the fact that...
...results of the first regular season of soccer since 1916 have been very satisfactory in view of the great difficulties under which we have been working," said Coach Burgess recently in a review of the present soccer year. "We haven't had many men to work with who have had experience in a college game before, as the only player on the team who I have coached before at the University is Kellett; and he has put up a splendid game at right inside forward. Another disadvantage that counted against us was the short time for practice before the games...
...early season games. "The Andover and Springfield games gave me an idea of the material I had and showed me what the players could do in a real game. The games we played on our trip were by far the hardest and the team played finely at a great disadvantage...
...trip to Cornell the team had the difficulty of having to travel for two nights on Pullman sleepers and to play two hard games, but they fought hard in these contests, as in the preceding ones and managed to tie Cornell, 2-2, and put up a great game against Princeton...
...attention of the coaches has been focused during the past week. Both Yale and the University have not shown particular strength in meeting an aerial attack in past games, and, as both elevens may use this mode of offense in a pinch, defense against it is of great importance...