Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Nathaniel Bacon. Being refused a royal permit the latter set out of his own accord and chastised the plunderers. When Berkeley took the field, he saw that the entire populace was aroused, and the only means of pacifying them was to call another assembly. The result was a crushing defeat of the Berkeley party and the election of Bacon to the assembly. He was arrested on his way to Jamestown, but was released on parole. Before the Assembly Bacon publicly acknowledged his mistake in setting out on the Indian campaign without the governor's sanction...
...greatest disappointment is felt over the decided defeat of the eleven by Princeton on Saturday. While there is the deepest regret, that the best efforts of Yale's representatives were not sufficient to bring her victory, there is at the same time a most general feeling, among graduates and undergraduates alike, that the game was won by the all around superiority of Yale's opponents. Princeton is to be congratulated for the magnificent team she placed in the field this year...
...freshman eleven left this afternoon for Trenton, where they will spend the night, and will go on to Princeton tomorrow to play the annual game with the Princeton freshmen at Brokaw Field. In view of the recent defeat of the university eleven, the result of this game will be looked for with especial interest...
...University in the coming debate with Princeton. We feel sure that they will realize fully the responsibility laid upon them and the opportunity offered them. They are to represent Harvard in a contest with another great university in which they must strive to regain the prestige lost by the defeat sustained at the hands of Yale. The defeat which we thus suffered will not materially affect us if we retrieve ourselves by a victory in the coming contest. But should we lose the Princeton debate untold injury would result. Only by hard and earnest work can victory...
...Saturday Groton School defeated the Freshman eleven by the score of 14 to 0. Both teams played well but Groton gained a great deal of ground on trick plays, using the double pass and criss-cross to good effect. In punting also Groton was superior, and this together with the fumbling of the Freshmen was in a great measure the cause of their defeat...