Word: defeated
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BRAINTREES, 14; EIGHTY-NINE, 1.The freshmen were defeated by the Braintrees on Saturday by the score of 14 to 1. '89 was minus the services of some of their best men, and this, with Bingham's wild pitching, was the cause of their defeat. The latter gave eight men bases on balls and nearly every one of them scored. The ground was very poor, the pitchers box being on quite a hill, compared with home plate, and this may have been the cause of the wild pitching. Tuttle pitched a good game for the Braintrees, only being hit for five...
...lacrosse team plays its first championship game on Holmes to day. As yet, the team has not suffered defeat at the hands of any of its rivals, but has been playing an unusually strong game for a new team. The New York men are reputed to have a good twelve, and the game will undoubtedly be exciting; though a victory for Harvard may be confidently looked for. It is to be hoped that a large audience will remain after the sports to encourage the team. As the game is on Holmes, the new seats and the pleasant weather alone ought...
...Columbia nine was received with great enthusiasm on its return to New York on Saturday by several hundred of the students. They formed in line and escorted the victors to the college campus, where Harvard's defeat was celebrated with a grand pyrotechnic display...
...gentleman has offered to present $300 for the benefit of Lafayette's track athletics, whenever their nine shall defeat Princeton's team...
...practiced daily at Hamilton Park, the number of players decreased to fifteen. But the best players were the ones to continue in practice, and a lacrosse twelve of a good deal of merit was organized. The first game was played on May 1st at Princeton, and resulted in a defeat for Yale of four goals to nothing. Of the men that compose the team, eight are from '87, two from Sheff., one from '88, and one from the Law School. Meacham, '87, who played on the University team in his freshman year and was captain of his class team...