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Because the men from the Maine college had practiced nothing but foils, the meet was limited to this branch of the sport...
There is one major Harvard sport which has been perhaps more notable for lean years than any other during the past decade; that is track. Stars there have been scattered through the decade, but lonely stars without even good, average settings. A kind of vicious circle of cause and effect was set in motion. Harvard was not considered much of a "track" college, track was relegated to a quasi position between the major and the minor sports, and secondary school track stars were magnetized away by the prowess of Yale or Princeton or Cornell...
...college had withdrawn from sport under leadership of the aristocracy. But her proletariat forced a re entry. A civil war veteran founded the Harvard Union. A salaried coach was employed, western men were allowed on the team, and Yale's athletic empire was over...
Until this recognition is fully achieved, it's position will never equal that of tennis. Competition is the life-blood of any sport, and inter-collegiate competition most of all. But there are signs of an awakening general interest; and other colleges are realizing that the game is worth its candle--the cost and trouble of new courts and equipment, and the efforts of introducing a brand-new sport...
Meanwhile the credit for a new championship team in a minor sport is largely due to its coach, Mr. Harry Cowles. Team A has ended its season on top of its league, and Team B.--"the Harvard scrubs"--is leading in its division. But, as the best result of this success, the game is ceasing to be regarded as a sort of weak-sister to tennis, and is becoming more and more popular in its own right...