Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whom other men would willingly follow. That is a rare quality, and high praise. Perhaps the highest praise would be to say that he is a worthy successor to that captain who led Harvard through a season of brilliant victory, and through a no less honorable one of scanty defeat. Our teams have had throughout their history notable captains. George Percy is worthy of the tradition...
...Johns Hopkins Fifth Regiment games, at which the Tiger relay annexed the first victory, the University team ran on a flat track to which it was not at all accustomed, and at the I. C. A. A. A. A. carnival a week later, the team's defeat was largely attributed to the fact that it was fagged out, each man having already competed in several events before the start of the Tiger race. At the Meadowbrook games on the following Saturday, however, the University won out over Holy Cross, and Princeton was forced into third place in the intercollegiate championship...
...University gymnastic team was easily defeated by Dartmouth at Hanover Saturday evening by a score of 37 to 17. The team was slightly weakened by the loss of M. B. Blanchard '18, who was unable to compete on account of an injury to his ankle, but was completely outclassed the brilliant work of Captain D. Campbell '17, being the only redeeming feature of the team's performance. Campbell was easily the star of the meet, winning the parallel bars, tieing for first on the rings and placing second, in the side horse and third on the high bar. McDonough...
With Captain Overton, Farwell, Treadway, Braden, Davis and Nichols and a wealth of new material coming up from the 1919 squad, Yale has the best balanced and most formidable track team in a dozen years. In fact, the strength of the team is such that the Elis expect to defeat both Princeton and the University, and hope to win the intercollegiates. Overton and Farwell, the all-round stars of the team, are in record breaking form in the distance runs and the hurdles. In the last two big indoor meets, Overton has broken world's records in the mile...
...sprints the team will again have Treadway who, although he has twice failed to defeat Captain E. A. Teschner '17, scored fifth in the intercollegiates in the 100-yard and fourth in the 220-yard races. From last year's victorious freshman team de Carnea, who ran second to H. C. Flower '19 in the 100-yards and would have easily won the 220 had he not been disqualified for stepping out of his lane, has been showing extremely good will probably push the leader closely this spring...