Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Squash, boxing, swimming, basketball, wrestling, handball, fencing, bowling, and indoor baseball claim their devotees in a ratio somewhat similar to the order given above. Mr. Schrader of the Physical Training Department also conducts four sections in general athletics for Freshmen every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon. It is the plan of the department to enroll every member of 1923 in some organized sport, preferably one whose attraction and benefit will continue in after life, rather than in a class of calisthenics...
...Thus a New York investigating committee by raiding somewhat theatrically the headquarters of the I. W. W., the Rand School, and the office of the representative of the Soviets, by publishing a list of respectable citizens whose names were found on mailing lists, called down on themselves the joint protests of a dozen or more different groups and were promptly dubbed Bolshevists themselves because of their arbitrary methods of procedure...
Having maintained an abashed silence for over a week in the vain hope that the CRIMSON might see fit to contradict the somewhat startling assertions that were nonchalantly dropped at our thresholds on the morning of Friday, November 14th, we are taking the liberty of questioning the veracity of the same...
...Football will be a popular game here in the future. The Rugby game is in much better favor than the somewhat sloppy game now played by our men." In this match the Harvard men experienced considerable difficulty with the spherical-shaped ball to which they were unaccustomed, but in spite of this embarrassment, combined with McGill's broader experience, Harvard managed to hold the Canadians gainless by superior tackling and general defensive work...
Little significance could be attached to the results of the North Carolina game. Although the Bull Dog showed a somewhat improved attack in tallying 34 points, the Southerners were even weaker than the Springfield aggregation. The visitors' lone touchdown was due not to the weakness of the Yale defense but to an unusual circumstance; one of their backs scooped up the ball, which had bounced back from the goal post after an attempted field goal, and carried it across for a touchdown before the amazed Elis had realized what had happened...