Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writer also says the team is always beaten. Last fall the team was beaten two matches and won one. This spring, of the two matches played, one was a defeat, and the other resulted in a draw game, with a very creditable showing for Harvard. The Longwood club are accountable for most of our defeats, and the reason for this result is simply that they can put into the field a stronger eleven than we can. It is very unfortunate that the secretary of the cricket club has been unable to arrange matches this spring with Columbia and Princeton, since...
...well as Princeton, making six hits with a total of eight, while Princeton made six hits with a total of nine. Harvard, therefore, kept up her reputation for good fielding, and made more hits than she has made in either of the other championship games. Although yesterday's defeat renders it next to impossible for Harvard to gain first place in the championship contest, still the chances of her defeating Yale are much better than before, on account of the improvement in the batting...
After the recent defeat of the Bowdoin nine at Williams one of the Bowdoin men was overheard to remark at the depot, while waiting for the train, "If there's a nine anywhere in Massachusetts that we can beat, I'll give some one five dollars to trot them...
...freshman nine must do much better work and learn to be cool and steady in the field if they wish to beat Harvard. Such loose, careless playing as that at Westfield means sure defeat. [News...
...date of the race is June 28. The general feeling among the students, as well as among the members of the crew, is one of confidence. There is a determination manifested by the crew to defeat Harvard this year. There is unusual interest in boating matters generally, as evidenced by the crowds that gather at the boat house every afternoon...