Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Notre Dame sluggers pounded a trio of Harvard pitchers for a total of 21 hits, Saturday on Soldiers Field, and the combination of the barrage of heavy-hitting and Crimson errors sent the University nine down to a 20 to 1 defeat...
...seventh loss suffered by the Harvard team since it went into a batting and fielding slump nine contests ago, and the worst defeat suffered by a University baseball team since Pennsylvania gave a Harvard team a 26 to 7 trouncing way back...
Among the 64 lady delegates was to be Marion Marjorie (Mrs. Worthington) Scranton, tall; stylish daughter-in-law of the family of the founder of famed Scranton, Pa. Daughter-in-law Scranton was elected to the National Committee this spring, after narrowly escaping defeat. Because she is dashingly attractive ("God's greatest gift to mankind," she was once called in a nominating speech), some of her fellow Pennsylvanians feared she might be too dashing. She probably smokes cigarets and such like, they said. But Andrew W. Mellon approved her and Mrs. Scranton was elected to succeed the late John...
...South Bend aggregation, travelling East for a post-season barnstorming tour, has a good record behind it, twenty-three victories and six defeats. In their debut in this district Thursday, the Notre Dame players met an 8 to 1 defeat at the hands of the strong Boston College nine. A lapse in fielding was responsible for their setback...
...other semi-final yesterday morning, Andrews downed Raynor Field of Andover, 6-2, 6-4. Andrews, who was seeded No. 1 in the draw, was looked upon as the outstanding player from the beginning of the matches on Wednesday morning, and his defeat by Noble was a decided upset. The Lawrenceville racquetman got a good pace on his drives during his matches, his service was severe, and his change of pace effective. He recently won the Princeton interscholastic court tournament...