Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That trust has not been shaken one jot. That enthusiasm has not waned, although it has become tempered and sobered. It is not that a possible defeat is staring us in the face and that it is consequently good for our national morale. Such theories may be effective with an athletic team, but they do not apply to nations. Yet it is incontrovertible that an appreciation of the real gravity of a situation is a source of strength. To carry on a good fight one must know what the measure of his antagonist is. Now for the first time...
...University informal seven suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of the Navy Yard second team between the halves of the Freshman game at the Arena on Saturday night, when the sailors won by a score of 3 to 1. The Navy septet showed good teamwork and were very fast at following up their shots, while the University players showed a lack of team-play, due to their long lay-off, and found it extremely difficult to shoot the puck past the clever Navy goal-guard...
...score of 7 to 0. All of the goals were made during the first period, when the Freshmen played together in fast, accurate teamplay and completely outwitted the Eli defence. In the second half, however, the Yale freshmen braced and held the 1921 players from further scoring. The heavy defeat of the Elis was due greatly to the fact that it was their first game of the season...
...Yale 1921 hockey team today, the old battle is again resumed between Cambridge and New Haven. We have had only one glimpse of that always interesting dual contest so far this year, and that was when the Freshman football team was persuaded that Yale was superior last fall. That defeat is not a stain to be wiped out, but it remains a disappointment which we should like to forget through the result of today's game. The war has made us fairly liberal in athletics, and we now maintain publicly that we want to see the best team...
This game was the second defeat sustained by the 1921 squad out of seven games played, the first one being inflicted by Newton High. Three of the victories have been shutouts by large scores, whereas the other two were close games. The Freshmen have scored 27 points to their opponents nine...