Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three successive years the sophomores have met with defeat at the hands of the freshmen...
...these ought to be able to hold any club in the country. Baltimore claims that the Druids of that city will be superior to any club in the country this season, and that in the match for the Oelrich's cup next summer it will require imported talent to defeat them. New England will doubtless do its best to disprove this sweeping assertion. The South Bostons and Independents are also members of the New England association. The clubs will begin practice as soon as the weather settles. Bostonians will doubtless have an opportunity to see more of this fascinating game...
...object of the Shakspere club to teach the dramatic art to its members, and it was with this object in view that the performance of the play was decided on. An assignment of the parts in the customary manner, however, would defeat this aim. A few men would monopolize the important roles, and the rest would have so little to do that their parts would be of but little profit to them. By the plan of distribution that is adopted, this objection is as far as possible done away with. The strongest cast is not brought out in this...
...first consisting of a simple throw, and in which no wrestling on the ground was allowed. The second was where the fighting continued on the ground and in which everything was allowed, as strangling, or breaking the joints of one's opponent. In the first kind, three falls meant defeat. This was the only form which was used in the Pentathlon. Boxing was considered a professional sport, and did not enter into the games. They used no gloves, but the hands were bound up in strips of leather, which strengthened the hand and broke the force of the blow...
...year, we must strain every nerve to fill up the vacancies, if we hope to even approach the foremost position. Nothing but long and steady work on the part of every man who has any show at all for the Mott Haven team can save us from an overwhelming defeat at the inter-collegiate games. The management of the H. A. A. is doing all in its power, and so are some of the men already on the team. There are some, however, who have not yet come forward, and others nominally members of the team who are not doing...