Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard won a championship game from Princeton on Holmes field Saturday afternoon with the score of 4 to 3. Owing to a threatened storm the audience was comparatively small. The college men turned out in large numbers and under an efficient leader cheered well, doing much toward winning the game. The effect of the enthusiasm was plainly shown by the way in which the nine worked during the eighth inning. Harvard won the game more by a streak of good luck than anything else. The two errors made by Princeton in the seventh cost them the game. Harvard's batting...
...winning Saturday Harvard is still in the race for the championship. The nine have shown that they can play a good fielding game and if they can only learn to bat between now and Saturday there is no reason why they should not win. The efficacy of cheering as proved last Saturday, should be borne in mind, and all fair encouragement should be given to the nine. If the nine will do good work they may be assured of the heartiest support...
After losing yesterday's game, Harvard's chances for the championship are well nigh gone. By winning the four remaining games we shall get the first place, but only by a decided improvement can we do this. If we lose again to Princeton on Saturday, we will have no hope whatever. The nine has shown that it could play a strong game and we hope that from now on it will retrieve itself. Saturday's game must be won, but cannot be by any such listless, weak playing as was seen yesterday...
...Interscholastic Association of Amateur Athletes of New England held its first annual championship games on Holmes field yesterday morning. The meeting was witnessed by five hundred people, most of whom were friends of the contestants. Before the meeting was half finished, the rain came down in torrents, but the spectators hoisted their umbrellas and watched the contests to the close. The following is a list of the thirteen events with the names of the first and second man in each, and the time or distance...
...loss of this game Harvard is put badly in the rear in the fight for the championship. It will be possible to win the pennant only by defeating Princeton tomorrow, and by three consecutive victories over Yale. Harvard's chances therefore are slight, but she has a strong fighting chance for second place...