Word: antagonists
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...always been a surprise, not only to Yale men but also to the general public, that Harvard, with the largest number of students of any of the competing colleges, and with so many large preparatory schools where the game is played, as feeders, has never beaten her antagonist at this game which she first introduced into American colleges. The explanation of that fact, Harvard men must know better than anyone else...
...Yale nine have adopted a kitten as a mascot. It will be a mighty mean antagonist who cries "rats," when the mascot is in the field. - Boston Transcript
...great back stop, is to try his hand at pitching, so that in the event of any accident to Stagg, the regular university pitcher, there will be some one to take his place. The outlook for next season is considered here to be very promising. Harvard, the only antagonist Yale really fears, is sadly cripled by the loss of her crack battery, and some of her heaviest batsmen, and it now looks to Yale men as though they would have a walkover...
...reflect that this record has been established beyond dispute. The judges and timers were gentlemen of the highest reputation, and prominent in athletic circles, so we may feel sure that this record will never be questioned. It was a beautiful race, and it was fairly won against the only antagonist, time. The hard and faithful training of the winter met its reward. In the name of the college, we again congratulate the winner on his great success...
...blow in the face in the Harvard-Princeton game, in the Harvard-Yale game, in the Yale-Princeton game. In the Westeyan-Pennsylvania game a man was thrown unfairly, out of bounds, by an opposing player. Then, as he was rising, but before he was on his feet, his antagonist turned, struck him in the face and knocked him down, and returned in triumph with the ball...