Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...second outdoor game of the season between the two nines yesterday afternoon, the Freshmen defeated the University team by a score of 7 to 6. This victory makes up for the 1921 aggregation's defeat at the hands of the University in Friday's game, which the latter won by a score of 9 to 6. The good hitting which has been noticeable throughout the season was in evidence in yesterday's engagement, although a few of the runs made were due to errors, the upperclassmen making four and the Freshmen six. Fielding has been the weak point of both...
...West has taken on the aspect of a supreme effort toward victory. Prepared on lines hither-to unparalleled, and executed with an energy, power and sacrifice of human lives scarcely credible, the German offensive not only seriously threatens the British army, but offers the possibility of the defeat of our cause...
...invaders' feet. Before long, Paris and all remaining French territory would be in the hands of German forces. The war would be over. The Allies, though still supreme on the sea, would be unable to attack the enemy at any point, and so, baffled, must acknowledge defeat. Temporary as this would be, for the world can never see a victorious Germany as long as men exist to bear the fight, nevertheless, years more of bitter struggle and destruction would surely follow before we could ever retrace our steps to even the point where...
Such is the gravity of the situation. We have faith in the British and preclude the possibility of such a defeat. Yet the power of the German army, which we had believed on the wane, is exhibited once more. We need not deceive ourselves in believing that anything but a long struggle is before us. Barring the unexpected, we have a long road to victory. It is for us Americans, who, even after a year, are still upon the threshold of an appreciable participation, it is for us to redouble our efforts toward effectively aiding those heroic peoples who have...
...Freshman track squad began its season auspiciously by administering a sound defeat to Worcester Academy at the dual meet on the board track on Soldiers Field Saturday. In spite of holding three first places out of eight events, the Worcester team won only 23 points, as compared to the Freshmen...