Word: beating
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale has lost the championship; there is little use of trying to conceal this fact. We make this apparently premature statement for the reason that we think it impossible for both Brown and Yale to beat Harvard; both of which things would have to happen even to tie Harvard for first place. We shall try to bear our defeat as best we can. It was bound to come some day, as people say of Hanlan. There are many circumstances which lead us to think that fortune is not favorably inclined toward us this year. She began last fall...
...varsity crew pulled a trial race with the freshman crew on Wednesday last, and beat them easily by three lengths at the end of a half mile...
...Haven, on next Friday and Saturday. Hendee, American champion; Hamilton, college champion; Hunter, winner of the Pope cup; Wait, Parsons, Webber, and Allston are among the entries. The leading features of the first day will be the mile tandem race by Palmer and Thompson; Hendee's endeavor to beat the world's record for one mile, and the twenty mile Pope cup race. On the second day will be run the twenty five mile L. A. W. championship of America. Part of the proceeds will be devoted to the payment of the expenses of the Yale crew...
...result of the playing in yesterday's tennis games were as follows: Fourth round, Hopkins beat Wheelwright 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Snow beat Loud, 6-4, 6-1. Final round, Hopkins beat Snow...
...following games have been played in the tennis tournament; 1st round. Pierson beat Federhen 6-3, 6-0; Sternbergh beat Bill, 6-4, 6-2; Clark beat Livingood, 6-3, 6-1; Wheel wright beat White, 6-1, 6-2; Hopkins beat Gooding, 6-0, 6-1. 2nd round, Pierson beat Sternbergh, 6-1, 6-1; Wheelright beat Clark, 6-4, 6-2; Hopkins beat Paine, 6-1, 6-5; Reynolds beat Magill, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Snow beat Barrett, 6-3, 6-0; Lord beat Keasby, 6-3, 6-2; Frost beat Cogswell...