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...Voted: That the managers of the five major sport teams, together with the "Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, shall form a committee to pass upon the eligibility of experienced men, "entering a managerial competition late...
...colleges athletics play an important part. Soccer is the main sport, closely followed by field hockey, basket-ball, and track. Football is considered an excessive strain to Oriental tempers. The mildness of the climate makes it possible for sports to be enjoyed all winter. Most of the athletes are so by nature rather than by training; an amusing instance was that of a country boy who insisted on running barefoot on a cinder track. Almost all the contests are intra-collegiate, but occasionally the university soccer team has an opportunity to try its ability against outside teams, and is often...
...evening at 7 o'clock for the purpose of forming a 1919 wrestling team. This is the first time that a Freshman wrestling team has ever been planned here. Captain A. J. Weatherhead, Jr., '16, of the University team, will speak, and all Freshmen who are interested in the sport should attend. No previous experience will be necessary for candidates...
...Yale. He was the former holder of the world's championship in the broad-jump, and for the last few years has been the athletic coach at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. The following men were appointed to the graduate advisory committee, to have full charge of that sport, and answerable only to the Football Association and the Faculty of the university: D. B. Thorne, Yale 1896, chairman; Walter Camp, Yale 1880; J. R. Kilpatrick, Yale 1911; V. C. McCormick, Yale 1893; and J. R. Swan, Yale...
...sport of swimming has been maintained with difficulty in the athletic curriculum of the University because of inadequate facilities. A home swimming pool has long been needed. Swimming was entirely abolished as a sport in the University in 1910, but a team was again organized when the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank was constructed...