Word: beaten
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ninth game of its schedule at 8 o'clock this evening in Mechanics Hall, Worcester. Of the eight games played, Harvard has won three and lost five, having been defeated by Holy Cross on January 13 by the score of 20 to 16. Although the team was beaten by Williams last Saturday, it has since shown distinct improvement. Allen, whose knee was hurt in the Yale game, will not be able to play. Captain Brooks, owing to his excellent shooting in the Williams game, has been shifted from guard to forward. The Holy Cross team, which has not been defeated...
Dartmouth began the season well by defeating Princeton 3 to 2, but soon afterwards suffered defeat at the hands of Yale by the score of 9 to 3, and again, during the same period of slump, was beaten by Columbia by the score of 4 to 2. Lately, however, Dartmouth has taken a brace, and may be expected to present a strong team this afternoon...
...assume that some competitive system is desirable, for popular election or direct appointment are open to much greater abuses than the existing practice. But the qualifications required of a manager give rise to one serious objection. No defeated candidate can feel dissatisfied if he is beaten by a man who has proved more efficient, but if he himself has been clearly in the lead in the actual competition and is defeated because he is not the sort of a man who would be popular with the players or represent the University creditably, his work seems worse than useless...
Cornell has won the championship for the last five years, and is expected to do so again this year. The University team finished fifth last year, but although the present team is fairly strong, it has been beaten by Yale, which in turn lost to Princeton, so that its chances seem rather doubtful. However, the team has been improving steadily, and should do better than last year...
...next game was with Springfield Training School, who last year were beaten 44 to 0, but on October 26 of this fall they were barely defeated, 9 to 5. Springfield had the science of forward passes down to a fine point, and by using this play frequently had a great advantage over the Harvard team. After Springfield had scored their touchdown on a blocked punt Harvard braced, and scored a touchdown and a goal from placement...