Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Providence will be the scene today of the Brown-R. I. State game. Since the defeat by Colby last, Saturday, Brown's coaches have put the squad through vigorous scrimmages every afternoon. The main fault with the Brown team is lack of speed. To acquire this the line has been made over. The backfield, with Gardiner, Bean, Henry, and Casey, has shown great improvement, and the team as a whole is expected to give a good account of itself today...
Brown suffered defeat at the hands of Colby, the latter eleven scoring a touchdown and a drop-kick for a total of 10 points, and playing its opponents to a standstill. Though Brown's prospects thus far during the season have been far from bright, her work Saturday was a great disappointment to her followers...
...defeat the strong and successful Yale team after fourteen innings of brilliant baseball is a feat worthy of our highest praises. The Harvard team is not well-seasoned, nor has it enjoyed the success that breeds confidence, yet yesterday's contest, showed that it deserves to be ranked with Harvard's greatest baseball teams for its fighting spirit and ability to play a spectacular game with the odds against it. Such a team deserves final success, and its exhibition today strengthens our hope for a victory in the third and decisive contest...
Holy Cross defeated the University baseball team for the second time this season on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon by the score of 7 to 2. The defeat was due mainly to errors by the University infield, and to the inability to hit at opportune times. Harvard out-hit the visitors almost three to one, but was unable to score more than twice because of the brilliant playing of the Holy Cross infield...
...prospects that Harvard will be exceedingly well represented at the intercollegiate tennis tournament at the Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pa., this fall are very bright. The team this spring defeated Amherst 4 to 2, Technology 9 to 0, University of Pittsburgh 6 to 0, Dartmouth 5 to 1, and Yale 7 to 2. The only defeat by a college team was that inflicted by Princeton, Harvard winning only three of the nine matches...