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...first wrestling practice of the season will be held at the Randolph Gymnasium this afternoon at 3 o'clock when all members of the University interested in the sport are to report. In spite of the informal nature of University wrestling this winter, the Athletic Association has obtained expert coaching for the squad. Coach Sam Anderson, ex-world's welterweight champion, and instructor of University wrestling teams for several seasons, will have full direction of the candidates. A special room has been entirely refitted for the use of wrestlers. The mats, moreover, have been so arranged that a large number...
...winter class in general athletics for Freshmen will be organized during the next few days. The class is intended primarily for men who are not candidates for any of the organized teams, and it therefore aims to give general physical training rather than proficiency in any particular branch of sport. No member of 1921, however, is debarred from joining the class. Although there is no expense attached to membership in this voluntary organization, the best coaching is afforded the members...
...decision of the H. A. A. to lend its support to the formation of a rifle team this winter is a truly important one. In previous years the rifle team was the least of minor sport organizations, and existed without official recognition from the athletic authorities. The outbreak of the war was necessary to bring more forcibly to the minds of these authorities the value of such an organization...
...attitude, however, was not at all surprising, as it was shared by other colleges. A rifle team's value is one of the many details which the war has brought to the fore. It is now easy to conceive what the worth of a general taking up of the sport throughout the country would be. It would mean scores of expert shots just so much further along in their training for combat. Though rifle teams and gun clubs use small calibre weapons, it is with these that the soldier is given his first and fundamental training, "gallery practice." Expertness with...
...hope that success will attend the formation of the rifle team tonight. It is an organization which combines sport with instruction, and one which may have great future possibilities...