Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...schedule this afternoon when they meet Andover in a return game on Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock. Last week the Freshmen lost to Andover, 3 to 1. Since then, however, the team has showed a consistent improvement, and in today's game may even up for the defeat received last week...
...opponents come to the Stadium with a team wincing under the sting of last year's defeat that will arouse an unusually determined effort. The contest marks the first clash between major college teams; the first struggle in the fight for the championship of the East...
Although weak on both offence and defence, the Princeton eleven took advantage of a fumble on Williams 16-yard line in the last quarter, and, in a desperate series of rushes averted the disgrace of a defeat by a lighter team. The "wide-open" style of play of which Princeton was conceded to be the most reliable exponent was a distinct failure; of ten forward passes attempted but one was successfully carried...
...until the end of the last quarter, when Princeton recovered a Williams' fumble on the latter's 16-yard line, that her backfield had the power to push the ball across the line for a touchdown. Law, amid breathless excitement, succeeded in gaining the point necessary to avert defeat...
Outplayed in every department the western team went down to defeat before Syracuse last Saturday. In fairness to the men it must be said that the eleven did not play up to standard. Two of the regulars were injured and had to be withdrawn from the contest; without them the men neglected all team-work and gave a good illustration of the disconcerted attack of an eleven in the throes of stage-fright. Splawn injured his elbow badly in the game and all of the men were badly battered...