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...result of the University basketball team's trip to Amherst and Williams conclusively proves that the revival of that sport after a lapse of eleven years, is successful...
Primarily, fencing is an art, an art which has three valuable attributes that make of it an athletic sport of unusual interest and value. As physical exercise, fencing contributes to the powerful development of all the muscles of the body, giving them the swift coordination and suppleness which makes ordinary fatigue seldom noticeable to the fencer...
...third asset, gained from fencing is the ability to persevere. And it is here that fencing as a sport is weakest, for without willingness on the part of the individual to put in a long period of training, of learning the rudiments, he cannot master fencing. When learning golf, tennis, or boxing, the beginner, though not accomplished in his sport, can enjoy himself dubbing at the game until he becomes proficient. The novice fencer is not allowed the pleasure and exhilaration of combat until he not only has learned the elements but until he has mastered them. It is this...
Fencing is a game which, when once mastered, is never forgotten. It is a sport worth many times the labor of learning. But it is a public that wants its cake without working for it, that, in following other sports because they are easily learned, never learns that sport which in itself alone combines the physical and, mental advantages of practically all other sports. In conclusion, I would emphasize again that fencing is more than a game; it is an art, an art greatly valued by all its devotees as every follower of the foils will testify...
Although the visitors, who have never caged a puck in a contest with Harvard since hockey became a major sport at Cambridge, failed to tally once during the three periods, the fight was nip-and-tuck all the way. Captain Justin McCarthy, right wing for the Blue and White, was the most active skater on the ice, driving down the rink and smashing the Crimson defense time and again. Rugged checking by Owen and Humphrey, and shifty foot and stick play on the part of Captain Bigelow were effective in keeping the M. A. C. forwards from pressing Holmes...