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...before, starts for New London or New Haven in an apparently hopeless condition. At this point it might be parenthetically stated that the cause of the commotion is himself considered to be very little to blame. Let us proceed one stage further. Suppose that a substitute on any major sport squad breaks training. At once it is whispered about and the man is disgraced. Indeed, such incidents are so rare that nowadays we seldom if ever hear of them. These three cases represent the facts. From them several instructive conclusions may be drawn...
...very best advantage. The clash between the best set of forwards in college hockey (as Princeton's four is practically acknowledged to be) and the Harvard defence, should alone present the Canadian game in its very prettiest form. Even those who are indifferent as to the outcome, provided the sport is good, look forward to one of the most interesting games of the winter...
Then in a broader sense, hockey is a comparatively new sport and the Boston Arena a venture. If hockey is ever to become a major sport, as may well be the case if it remains popular about Boston, it must have the hearty support of the College. Tonight is one of the very best chances to examine how much the undergraduates care for the game. We believe that it is a sport to be encouraged, that the comparatively few chances to see University hockey games in the past have tended to retard its growth; but that an enthusiastic attendance...
track team took in $7,225 less than it received. A comparison with the year 1910, shows that of the major teams, football was the only one to decrease its expenses, there being a saving in that sport...
...number of years ago we did have a swimming team in which there was a real and general interest. But the interest waned and in 1910 the Athletic Committee felt no longer justified in considering it representative of the best that Harvard could do in that sport. We attribute the poor success of the team and the consequent lack of interest to the very poor facilities then available for practice. There may have been other underlying causes, but we hope not. Now we have at our very door opportunity for practice in the new Y. M. C. A. tank...