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...familiar type in our midst is the case-hardened gambler, the grimly smiling sport-lover who courts Dame Fortune all he can, the man who confesses with a devilish expression that he "likes to take a sporting chance". He need no longer go in town for the tense mental exhilaration of matching nickels to see who shall pay the fares, for within the six or seven walls of the maligned Hemenway Gymnasium is a bowling alley, where he will find both physical exertion and the most delightfully fickle uncertainty. The alley resembles a relief map of the state of Nevada...
Aside from establishing a worthy sport at Exeter, the Association's act is to be commended in every way. Such a testimonial of friendly spirit between our athletic authorities and one of the largest schools sending men to Harvard is especially gratifying to a small but energetic group of Harvard men who are trying to bring the preparatory schools into closer relations with the College. We should be the last to countenance proselyting; and it would be pretty defective logic that could so interpret this gift of the H. A. A. But we think that the closer the relation between...
...publish a notice today calling for more candidates for managership of the Freshman lacrosse team. We urge strongly that a large number of men respond to this appeal, first because so long as Harvard takes part in a sport, and especially when it takes part in it as successfully as it has in lacrosse, it is the duty of all to support the team, secondly because the position of manager is one that is always valuable training to those who try for it, as well as for those who attain...
Nash gave a short account of the history of lacrosse and of its development into a collegiate sport. Harvard has had a lacrosse team for about twenty-five years, and the prestige of the game is increasing with every season. It is a game for any style or build of athlete and requires as much head work as any other form of sport...
...sport has found root in College among a small but energetic group of men. It has come into increasing prominence owing to the indiscriminate and thoroughly democratic practice-field it has chosen. To play it, one needs only a pair of shoes of any sort with hardy heels, an overcoat for the cool mornings, a fairly fresh supply of alcoholic interior decoration, and a misguided sense of the humorous. With this equipment, which is within the reach of everybody, one may practice almost anywhere on the quieter streets off Massachusetts avenue between the hours of one and three...