Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshmen received their first defeat yesterday at Brookline. Their opponents were mostly '90 men. The freshmen played like high school boys and handled the ball as if they were trying to see how many errors they could make. This argues well for their games with Yale. The score...
...Filibustering is justifiable in such extreme cases. Filibustering was the only course (a) for a public-spirited legislator, (b) to defeat the bill, (c) to attract public attention...
Marlboro presented a weak team against Harvard yesterday afternoon, and the result was a defeat by the score of sixteen to two. For the last two years, Marlboro has defeated us, but the team has been greatly weakened by the loss of several good men. Only five innings were played yesterday, as the visitors left early in order to catch a train. The game was remarkable for the number of errors made by the visitors, who evidently were not in practice. No less than ten Harvard men got first on errors. Harvard failed to score only in the second inning...
...second Dartmouth game, yesterday afternoon, resulted in a victory for Harvard, but the escape from defeat was so narrow that it is hardly a cause for congratulation. The game went against us up to the ninth inning when heavy batting, aided by one or two errors of our opponents, gave us the winning run. The batting of the nine as a whole was very good, especially that of the new men. The cold made fielding swift balls difficult, and many of the errors were due to that. The most noticeable fault of the nine's work was a carelessness...
...Faculty would act in direct contravention to their established policy of allowing the undergraduates to govern themselves. If the request is granted, the men will feel bound in honor to do nothing which would tend to dishonor our University. Games with professionals would teach the nine to accept defeat with resignation. They would learn to control their feelings; and thus a better condition of affairs would exist when we meet with defeat upon the college ball field...