Word: picked
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wait for spring training but to come out for fall practice. Competition in the fall games is the best of experience, and the new men who come out and learn from now are the ones who will be doing the best work when it is time to pick the team...
...objects of the tournament are two-in general to encourage chess in the University, but specifically to pick an appropriate pair for play in the in tercollegiate tournament, held at New York during the Christmas vacation. To match our record during the years since the institution of this tournament-second in '92 and '93, first in '94 and '95-it is of prime importance that all who know the moves should enter. The result of this year's contest is particularly doubtful, inasmuch as Columbia, Princeton and Yale will all have strong teams. And Harvard's chances are from...
...Harvard loses the game today and with it the series, it will be rather hard to pick the best college team of this season. The deciding game of the Yale-Princeton series will be played at New Haven, and for that reason Yale stands a good chance to win. On the other hand, Brown has beaten Yale three times, and Harvard has beaten Brown two out of four games, both away from home, and by the very good score of 6 to 1. If, however, Harvard wins the series with Princeton, there will remain only the question of superiority over...
...exists. While a selfish poor man may be sometimes excused, there is nothing to be said for the idlerich man, who, knowing right, does nothing for the world. The world furnishes us the foundation of all life, which it is our duty to build upon. He who handles the pick or shovel is most truly serving humanity in making Nature's treasures available...
...Watson will coach the crews from the launch, John Harvard. The men for the 'varsity crew will be chosen by Captain Bullard without making a general call for candidates. He has a good idea of all the available material in the three upper classes, and from these he will pick his men. From the freshmen who present themselves tonight in answer to the call for men who are not playing football, an eight and several substitutes will be selected...