Word: placing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...eighth annual intercollegiate chess tournament, which took place at New York during the Christmas recess, resulted in a victory for Harvard, with Columbia second, Yale third, and Princeton last. This was Harvard's sixth consecutive victory. E. R. Perry '03, by winning four and drawing two of his six games, won the highest individual honors. C. T. Rice '01 tied for third position, with three victories and two drawn games to his credit...
...meeting of the players held on December 30, the rule relating to the number of years which a player is allowed to compete was changed from five to four years, in order to place the contestants in the chess tournaments under the same eligibility rules as those of other intercollegiate contestants. A resolution was also adopted to ask the Board of Directors to consider the advisability of altering the rules in order that each college should be represented by four men instead of two and that the tournaments should then be played in teams, to be concluded in three days...
February 17. Yale (place undecided...
...December 22. Resolutions were passed to admit Pennsylvania to membership, to change the present scoring system to the English method and to adopt the four-year limit rule. The date for holding the annual championship was changed from fall to spring, so that the next contest will not take place until the spring...
...meeting of gymnasium directors was addressed by Dr. D. A. Sargent, president of the society, on "The Place of Physical Training in the College Curriculum." Dr. Sargent also read a paper on "Strength Tests and Inspection of Instruments." Dr. W. G. Anderson of Yale made a timely address on "Prevention of Athletes Entering Competitions in a Crippled Condition." Two special committees were formed, one to consider the relation of gymnastics to athletics and to plead with the athletic captains for a better understanding with the trainers and athletes, and the other to consider the treatment of organic troubles of students...