Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...weight, and number five is the heaviest oarsman in Columbia; - or in any other college for that matter. A few weeks ago they raced the University of Pennsylvania crew at New York, and only came in three or four feet behind in a mile race. Many ascribe their defeat to the poor boat in which they rowed. Their new boat arrived only a short time ago, but the crew have been out in it several times and express themselves as very well satisfied. The crew are seated in the following manner...
...defeat of Harvard on Saturday has made the contest for the championship unusually exciting, yet we look forward to the result with hope and confidence. The loss of the game to Yale makes the work necessary to be done in the remaining games especially careful. For the loss of a game loses us the championship. The work of our change catcher is worthy of special mention, untrained in his pitcher's delivery, he filled the trying position in which he was placed much better than one would have reasonably expected, and the college should feel gratified that the loss...
...Edgerly bore off the honors for Harvard, and Foster and Wiestling also did excellent work. The umpiring was inconceivably bad. Grant seemed determined to made every decision against Harvard, his ruling on Allen's foul being more than usually flagrant. It is a poor excuse to offer for a defeat that the umpire was unfair, but Harvard should protest Grant's engagement next year after his performances in the Princeton and Yale games...
...Marching Through Georgia," the freshman made the walls of the old dormitories echo and re-echo with the sound of their prolonged "rah's." Transparencies bearing the names of the freshman nine and trenchant sarcasm upon Yale, the CRIMSON and others who expected to hear of defeat at the hands of the 'Blue' freshmen were displayed. After the yard had been traversed and re-traversed, the transparencies and the nine took up their position upon the steps of University, where cheers for Harvard, the individual players, the classes, the games, and especially for '89 were indulged in for some time...
...must turn from our congratulations, to express a feeling of surprise and disappointment at the cowardly treatment our men were subjected to at New Haven. The Advocate in its last issue complains of the vindictive spirit which is the accompaniment to every Yale defeat. What are we to say of Saturday? No sooner did our men get ahead, in the sixth inning, than a perfect chorus of yells, hoots, and groans began, and lasted till the game was over; every ball pitched was greeted with a yell, and every fly accompanied by one; not only did this happen, but members...