Word: contest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game was a decidedly one-sided contest until the last two innings, when Easton eased up and lost the excellent support which he received during the early part of the game...
...first time in twenty years, Harvard has won only third place in the intercollegiate games. The contest on Saturday was a hard one, however, and one of which Harvard men do not need to feel ashamed, although the fact that the result was attributable to the unexpected outcome of one or two events makes the defeat a hard one to bear. Yale earned her victory by clear superiority in four events and by a very creditable showing in others. The race between Harvard and Pennsylvania was very exciting. First one college would lead by a point and then the other...
Sheldon of Yale ought not to have much trouble in winning the broad jump. Stickney of Harvard, and Ramsdell and Bucholtz of Pennsylvania have done over 22 feet, and should have a close contest for second place, probably finishing in the above order...
...Cornell today in a one-sided game of ball. Wilson, who was in the box for Princeton, easily outpitched Smith. After the fourth inning the 'varsity nine settled down and prevented further scoring on Cornell's part for the rest of the game. The visitors expected a much closer contest...
...Yale men for the sake of the good name of the university cannot, under present conditions, continue an annual contest, which, although generally resulting in a victory for us, has perhaps a worse effect than defeat. And why? Simply because of an unfriendly, unjust criticism of Yale men and Yale methods which have been the result of Harvard's defeats...