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...fluency and finish, but too little action; Ewell, for Yale, was especially direct and convincing, but sometimes made a climax in delivery when there was none in thought; Fox was rather unnatural in his style of speaking; Lockwood made up in earnestness what he lacked in variety; Lyman spoke straight to his audience and was effective, though slightly lacking in breath; Grossman, combining ease with vigor and variety, was probably the best speaker of the evening...
...York architects, provide for a horse-shoe shaped structure of steel, somewhat like the stadium at Athens, with seats of stone concrete seating about 27,000 persons. Within the stadium will be the football gridiron, surrounded by an oval running track 440 yards in length, as well as a straight-away track the finish of which will be in the bow of the horseshoe. The outer wall of the stadium will be of brick, in which at frequent intervals arches will be cut, rorming entrances to the seating benches. Owing to the fact that the entrances to the seats will...
...practice of the University and Freshman baseball candidates yesterday consisted of the usual fielding, batting and battery work in the cage. The battery candidates were coached in both straight and curved balls. All of the other candidates were given practice in handling grounders and all except the Freshmen also practiced batting. Those who coached the University candidates were: B. Wendell '02, Keeler, and Chesbro. N. Bartlett '03 and J. L. Lovering '03 coached the Freshman squad...
...candidates for the University and Freshman baseball teams are now practicing daily in four squads. Battery candidates for both teams make up the first, and are at present being given very light work in straight balls. The University and second squads, under the supervision of Keeler and Chesbro of the Brooklyn National team, are practicing base sliding and handling grounders. The Freshman squad is given work of a similar nature under N. Bartlett...
...teaching the candidates the Trudgeon stroke. In most cases it is necessary for the men to change from strokes they have previously used, and this, of course, involves a somewhat slow development. In general the principal faults with the swimmers are that they do not keep their bodies straight, that they spread their arms too much, that their kick is not sufficiently powerful, and that their stroke is rough and unfinished rather than even and continuous...