Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale is one of those land-marks in the history of every freshman class, the retrospect of which is always pleasant. If the nine win, nothing will surpass the joy of those who witnessed the victory and by their presence and encouragement helped keep Yale "off the fence;" if defeat be their fate, the complimentary dinner tendered all the Harvard men after the game will purge their melancholy...
Owing to the defeat of Harvard by the University of Penn. in the shooting match last Friday, a return match will soon be engaged in at Philadelphia...
...most of the time. They only succeeded however in getting three goals, thrown by Henshaw, Rourke and Wells. For Ninety-one Tudor threw a goal in the first halfof the game. Considering that six of Ninety's team are 'varsity men, the freshmen need not feel discouraged over their defeat. Their defence showed up well, but there is still room for great improvement. The men must be more careful in passing, use more head work, and above all play harder...
...freshmen met the sophomores yesterday on Jarvis, and met with their first defeat, Ninety-one's change battery was put in and did fairly well, but the game was lost by the weak batting of the freshmen. Ninety led until the eighth inning when Ninety-one made three runs on two hits and several bases on balls. At the beginning of the ninth, things looked dark for the sophomores, but they managed to bunch several hits and, by the aid of Babbit's excusable passed balls, brought their score up to seven. The freshmen were shut out in the ninth...
...Freshmen narrowly escaped defeat at the hands of the Amherst Freshmen on Saturday afternoon, and the manner in which the game was played has made it evident that if Ninety-one is to beat Yale next Saturday, a sudden and vigorous change must take place in the way they play ball. In the first place, they must remember that there is one captain, not nine, in the Freshman team; he is doubtless capable of giving necessary orders. The rest of the men must learn to control their tongues. Their office, except when coaching, is to play ball, not to talk...