Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fighting stiff competition all the way with green material, the Varsity Lacrosse team met three straight defeats in its brief vacation schedule. Tuesday saw a landslide of 19 points for the Mount Washington Club to the Varsity's 4; and Thursday brought a 15-2 defeat at the hands of the University of Maryland...
Saturday night's defeat may be attributed to too many fouls. Both teams scored 11 times, but the Crimson riders made one more foul than did the soldier trio and this proved to be the deciding half point. In a match played earlier in the season, the Palmermen lost on the West Point tanbark 15-12, due to the fact that they played on borrowed mounts and to the unaccustomed size of the arena...
...doubles. Though a Davis Cup player for the past seven years, John Van Ryn's marked ability in doubles surprisingly vanishes in singles. Last week even his doubles form was way off. Having collected the silverware for the family, Mrs. Van Ryn sighed at her husband's defeat, remarked: "Tennis is great for domestic happiness...
Harvard supported the negative of the question: "Resolved, That the social security legislation of the last Congress is detrimental to the interests of the American people". Last night's defeat marked the first time the Crimson has failed to triumph in the six contests of the spring season which have been held...
...madman if you have a gun to shoot him with when he gets funny? As for relative strength, look what Great Britain did to India with a few thousand soldiers, and who has heard of the Boers in all these years, though their hate at first after defeat must have been as great even as that of a Frenchman for a German...