Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...effective way is to begin at the start. The power of cheering is not infinite. If other things are about equal it will turn the scale; but when one nine has the confidence that comes from a winning lead and the other the nervousness that comes from a threatened defeat, then cheering is about so much noise and nothing more. Let the cheering,- honest, hearty cheering, greet the nine when it comes out of the Carey Building, and from that time on let it never be lacking as long as it will do the nine a bit of good...
...defeats in the Mott Haven games and in baseball which Harvard met on Saturday have made the athletic outlook darker than ever. The best chance of victory which Harvard has had seemed to rest with the Mott Haven team; and yet both times Yale's team out-pointed Harvard's and did it squarely. Defeat is the ugly fact which must be accepted...
...large part of the defeat was due to the pitching of Gregory who was weak and wild, and it was owing to Scott's good work behind the bat that Brown did not have a larger score...
This afternoon, unless rain prevents, the University nine will play its second game with the University of Pennsylvania. The first game between the nines resulted in defeat for Harvard by a score of 26 to 7. Today's game is sure to be interesting and Harvard will undoubtedly make a better showing. Late last evening it was impossible to obtain Pennsylvania's batting order, but Harvard will have the following make...
After winning a victory from Yale the freshman nine has lost to Brown. The temptation is strong immediately to attribute the defeat to over-confidence, and unsparingly to blame the nine. We believe this would not be just. The circumstances of the games were different; the Mott Haven team needed the pitcher who played last Saturday and his absence yesterday weakened the nine considerably. And yet it cannot be denied that this is not a full explanation; the style of play shown by the players generally was below that of Saturday. The nine is in a critical condition...