Word: resorting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Various statements that have been made from time to time concerning the effect of success or failure in athletic sports on the resort to colleges have induced President Eliot to prepare tables of statistics giving the actual results, in terms of victory and defeat, of athletic contests between Harvard and Yale and between Yale and Princeton in each of the last ten years, and the registration of students in the subsequent academic years corresponding therewith. In commenting on the tables. President Eliot says: "One might suppose that the most immediate effect of victory or defeat in athletic sports would appear...
Dartmouth ran the kick-off back 15 yards. The Dartmouth line held well and Harvard advanced to the 35 yard line by short gains only. Losing 10 yards for offside play, Harvard was forced to resort to the expedient of going back 20 yards and keeping the ball. This brought it to Harvard's 50 yard line where Putnam was forced to punt. Dartmouth returned the punt on the next play to the 40 yard line, Putnam running it back 10 yards. Short gains through the tackles, chiefly by Lawrence and Graydon, and 10 yards for offside play, brought...
...only star. The team is noticeably light this year, the centre weighing only 158 pounds, and the two ends 141 and 148 pounds. The entire line averages only 166 pounds. What the Carlisle team lacks in weight, however, it makes up in quickness and team play. It will probably resort largely to trick plays, and this will make the game interesting from a spectator's point of view...
...receives his board for nothing, even though at the invitation of some friend, is likely to place himself under suspicion if he plays baseball. There is a vast difference between playing ball for one's own amusement and playing it for the entertainment of boarders at a summer resort...
...after Christmas this year with a much larger squad than usual. Before the spring recess the squad had been cut down to seventeen and with these men outdoor work was begun. A great disadvantage here has been that the team has had no crease and has been obliged to resort to a practice wicket with a matting placed in front of the batsman. Despite this handicap, however, the men have improved consistently from the start. In bowling, Bradley is the steadiest man and has downed the most wickets, though Drinkwater and Wilder can alro be relied upon for effective work...