Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Finn gave evidence of morose spirits. He had contracted a chest cold and had hurt his leg while swimming; hence his visit to the bath. He was tired. He jogged around the track, 21 2/5 seconds slower than his own record time of 4 min. 58 sec., content to defeat the other contenders by a mere 30 yards or more. He did not know, he said, that he had to run that night. Hence, for the first time in his U.S. visit, he failed to break a world's record...
Only Slump Will Cause Defeat...
...Norfolk riders are in fifth place while the Crimson team is in a tie for third position in the league. Should Coach Clark's team win tonight, it would gain a clear title to third place, but if the team should meet defeat it would drop into fourth...
...admirer of Charles Dickens, a nephew of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, educated himself at Eton and Balliol. For two years during his boyhood he was stricken with partial blindness but learned to read Braille embossed type. Now 30, he is the author of nine books The Burning Wheel, The Defeat of Youth, Limbo, Leda, Chrome Yellow, Mortal Coils, Antic Hay, Young Archimedes and Other Sketches, Those Barren Leaves...
...Poole, playing at number 1, was the only Freshman to suffer defeat, losing to A. L. LeBaron of the Newton Club in four long-drawn-out games. G. T. Francis and W. C. Peet both ran into difficulty in their matches, winning in five games by narrow margins. The summary follows...