Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...defeat of Saturday affords little ground for discouragement to those interested in Harvard's athletic welfare. The winning spirit was shown and if it is kept up, as there is every reason to expect that it will be, it is sure to bring its reward sooner or later. Those who are inclined fallaciously to assume a connection between this and other defeats, and to look gloomily on the future,- if there are any such-are as unworthy of being Harvard men as they are devoid of every essential quality of sportsmen...
Harvard was defeated by Pennsylvania on Soldiers Field, Saturday afternoon, in the last football game of the year, by a score of 17 to 14. But it was a defeat to feel proud of; the Harvard team playing much better than it has played before this year, and at times, especially in the second half, clearly outplaying Pennsylvania...
...second half Yale scored another touchdown, missing the goal, but in the face of certain defeat Princeton fought pluckily, and made two touchdowns after the score was 16 to 0 against them. Just at the end, however, Thorne's second touchdown showed Yale's superiority to be unquestionable. Final score, Yale 20, Princeton...
Yale's good showing was an unpleasant surprise to a number of Princeton men who watched the game, and Princeton feels that great improvement will be necessary if they are to defeat Yale...
...same kind of a game all the fall, it is the opinion at Yale that she cannot completely change her style of play in time to meet Yale and the Yale 'varsity, drilled by the second team in this same kind of work, should be better able to defeat it. Alexander Brown, the oarsman, and a prominent candidate for tackle, will act as captain of the second eleven...