Word: beaten
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game with the Rochesters last week, the Cornell nine was beaten by a score...
...members of the Yale nine claim that they would have beaten the Washingtons had not the latter "rattled" them by yelling...
...University of Pennsylvania nine has beaten the Amherst and Williams nines twice and tied the score in a game with the Princeton team...
...this privilege and makes use of it to the utmost; and the benefit which they derive from these games is shown immediately by the marked improvement in their playing. It is a well-known fact that one can acquire more good and get more practice when one is beaten than when one is victorious. It is always better to play with a more powerful rival than it is to play such teams as our nine is compelled to meet. To know that you can conquer, to feel no respect for your opponent, is to give rise to feelings of laxity...
...members of the nine have been working hard every day throughout the vacation, while the rest of us have been taking a change and a rest. They have played their first game, also and have beaten their opponents. But the end is not yet. While we are encouraged by their success. we must think to encourage them by showing our interest in their work and by attending their games. If each man on the nine can feel that he has the college as a body, backing his efforts, the team will bring the pennant back to Harvard again this year...