Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leading aspirants for this year's title are Leighton Dye, Southern California, who should repeat this season, Ray Wolf of Pennsylvania should be well up and if Charley Moore of Penn State can get going he has a fine chance of defeating Dye. Ray Haas of Georgetown is a fast runner but his technique is not good enough to defeat any of the above hurdlers. Murphy of Boston College, Little-field of Bowdoin, Wells of Dartmouth and Bullard of Yale all have possibilities...
Comparative showings against Princeton give every indication of a real battle when the Blue and Crimson rivals clash on Saturday. Whitback and Watson, the opposing leaders, have both been defeated by Van Ryn, Princeton's number one man. Watson gave the Tiger ace the harder battle, but Whitbeck's playing since his only defeat of the season has improved enough to put him on fully equal terms with his Eli opponent...
...Basin, the result is by no means a foregone conclusion. Princeton was better last Saturday than in its race with Tech the week before, and Coach Newell's men feel that they can put up a race which is likely to furnish an upset in predictions based on their defeat by the Tigers...
Both rivals in this afternoon's contest have gone through their respective seasons so far with only one defeat, and have given evidence of great strength in the victories. Dartmouth has the edge from the dopesters point of view because it defeated Princeton by a one point margin, while the latter won from the University team last Saturday...
After suffering defeat at the hands of Princeton last Saturday, the University tennis team will try to get back into its winning stride at the expense of Lehigh on the Divinity Courts this afternoon...