Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard nine received its first defeat of the season yesterday afternoon at the hands of the Marlboros. The game was called at the end of the sixth innings to enable the Marlboros to catch a train. Austin and Choate were the battery for Harvard, and Henshaw and Bingham did not play. Both teams batted well, but fielded rather loosely...
...lacrosse team met its first defeat yesterday afternoon on Jarvis at the hands of the South Bostons. The ball was placed promptly on time. After six minutes play, Blodgett secured the first goal and only goal for Harvard. After this goal the visitors went to work in a very business-like way and in less than four minutes had tied the score, Joyce securing the goal. After the ball was started again it went to the neighborhood of our goals and staid there. A second goal for the South Bostons was thrown by Cooper nine minutes before the close...
...Harvard nine has retrieved its good name, and wiped out, with an overwhelming victory, the defeat that it suffered a year ago from the hands of its opponents of Saturday. To recall the past may seem undesirable, but Harvard men can never forget the demonstrations of joy and the enthusiasm which was displayed a year ago, in the New York theatres and elsewhere, over the "whitewashing" given the Harvard champions on their own grounds, and, therefore, we cannot deem it unmannerly to hint that the account is now square, and to declare that Harvard is able to compete once more...
...been, as is usually the case with the amateur nines which Harvard plays, walkovers. Practice has been carried on at a great disadvantage. The caprice of Cambridge weather, has made its effect more potent than ever, and if the elements have designs, they have done their prettiest to make defeat certain for Harvard, or else to make the victory more brilliant, since the obstacles, which they have thrown in our path have been great...
...their praise. Their batting is poor and this defect can be overcome only by constant practice. Their fielding has been good and this partially makes up for the lack of strong batsmen on the nine. '90 has a captain of experience and ability who will bring victory out of defeat, if it is a possible thing...