Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...them. They have also had excellent practice in the class championship series, and should be in condition to make a creditable showing. That they are capable of playing well has frequently been proved, and the University expects them to-day to do their utmost to alone for their first defeat. We wish them every success...
...deserve much praise. The score does not indicate the closeness of the contest. Up to the last event but one, the outcome was in doubt, and we all were kept in a state of almost painful suspense. The Yale runners showed grit and perseverance and in spite of their defeat, did credit to themselves and to their university...
...services. Harvard has long since recognized the injustice done to Mr. Adams and Mr. Stewart in the fall of '91, and wishes to acknowledge the error which she made at that time. The college has learned a lesson and it is safe to say that the whole blame of defeat will never be laid at the door of those in charge again. Mr. Stewart was very loathe to get into harness again and it was only at the earnest solicitation of Captain Waters, backed by the unanimous request of the coaches and many prominent graduates, that he was finally persuaded...
...heartiest good wishes If victory comes to them, the men may well feel proud of their record; it will be a triumph over odds which will increase the satisf action of winning. If they loose, there will be still another chance to even up the honors and the defeat should be hut a spur to greater effort...
...some other town to play for the honor of class and college. The feeling that one is surrounded by a thoroughly unsympathe tic crowd has more than once had a de pressing influence on a visiting team even so far as to turn a probable victory into defeat. Let a nine or eleven realize that in the mass of on lookers, there are some who are in sympathy with them and ready to encourage by their cheers every worthy effort, then they will play with an increased vigor that is often enough to win the victory...