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...speech the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation, which he had called. He was several times stopped by the severity of his cold. Said he: "No more truly democratic force can be set off against the tendency to class and caste than the democracy of individual parts and prowess in sport...
...Yale seconds have a formidable line-up. Lovejoy, football captain-elect and a "Y" man in baseball, will catch the offerings of Coxe, last year's second-string Freshman pitcher. A second major sport captain, in the person of Jenkins, next year's hockey leader will play short-stop...
...Hubbard states, either among the oarsmen themselves or among the undergraduates. Criticism has been abundant, of the system, of the coaches, and of the material. This year the pre-Yale races have been lost to opponents whose eights were by no means remarkable. And to top it off, the sport writers have already begun to count the lengths by which Harvard will lose at New London, and the Yale eight is already dubbed "the wonder crew which comes once in a blue moon." Perhaps never before was a University crew up against such a severe task as confronts Captain Henry...
...captains of major sport teams were then called on to give accounts of the activities of their teams. In commenting on the recent defeat of the first crew by the Sophomore and third University eights, Captain Henry said he wanted to emphasize the fact that it was in no way the fault of the coaching they had received. "The crew is in good condition physically," he said, "and its only alibi lies in the fact that it has not yet mastered its new stroke. In the few weeks left before the race with Yale, a great deal may happen...
...went on to explain a plan whereby through sport competitions between New and Old England, the healthy influence could be extended to the working man. "It may not be a perfect cure," he said, "but if you can show me a better 'ole, I'll go with you to live...