Word: contest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Saturday was at best discreditable and one for which little if any excuse can be offered. The team it is true is a green one, and its demoralization in the first inning was no doubt due in measure to Fitz's unexpected weakness. During the remainder of the contest, however, while a good up-hill fight was preserved in a number of innings, the errors which contributed so largely to Princeton's final score were of a nature which renders defeat on a rival's grounds especially galling, all the more so because the nine was capable...
...most interesting played between the two colleges for a number of years. Neither nine seems to have displayed unusual strength in its early games and neither appears from a comparison of scores to have asserted any marked superiority over the other. The game should be a hard fought contest in which Harvard may be forced to play a stiff up-hill game although the prospects seem slightly in her favor provided she bats as well as she has of late...
...have the pleasure of welcoming Yale men to Cambridge as friendly enemies. We greet them, wish them a happy visit, and hope that Harvard men will well play their part as hosts. We can not be so inconsistent as to wish them success, but we expect a close contest, and are confident that whether the victory finally goes to Harvard or Yale it will go to unquestionably the best team...
...fourth time in as many years, Harvard defeated Princeton in debate. The contest last evening was on the question: "Resolved, That the present restrictions on immigration into the United States are insufficient." The Harvard speakers supported the affirmative and Princeton the negative. The judges were out only three minutes and were unanimous in their verdict...
Matthew Lowrie '98, lives in Warrior's Mark, Pa. He also prepared at Lawrenceville, graduating in the class of '94. In Clio Hall he won the Freshman Declamation Contest and Sophomore Prize Debate. Last year he won first prize in the general competitive debate in Hall, was chosen by his class to be its Washington's Birthday Orator, and won the Junior Oratorical Contest at Commencement. This year he won the second disputation prize in the Baird Contest and has been elected Class Orator. He represented Princton in the recent Yale Debate and will represent Clio Hall in the Lynde...