Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last year the Crimson players were overwhelmed by a very powerful army team 14 to 2, but today's game may tell a different story. West Point is reported to have another strong team this year but the University players have shown marked improvement since their defeat by the 110th Cavalry team last Saturday, and a bitter struggle is expected...
...golden ante-bellum chronicle of the G. O. P. there is one entry that will always be read with bitterness; the last minute defeat of Charles Evans Hughes in 1916. To those who watched President Wilson's actions with pale hostility the satisfaction always remained of believing that with Hughes as President matters would have been otherwise. There was no little rejoicing, therefore, when he was placed in the second highest office of the land by a new Republican administration. Great things were expected...
Reports from the New Hampshire school indicate that the invaders have more than a threat of avenging the 15 to 9 defeat at the hands of the 1927 five. Captain Woods will bring a team that is reputed to be as strong as that which trounced the 1926 quintet two years ago. The entire squad has been practicing together during the end of the Christmas vacation but this will be the first game of the season for both teams...
While it is early, to take cognizance of comparative scores, the overwhelming defeat of Queens College by the Boston College team has given the Crimson stock a decided boost. Toronto, a team which Harvard defeated 2 to 1, conquered the B. C. sextet 4 to 2 Queens College lost two closely contested games to Yale in Pittsburgh during the Christmas vacation...
...four women's colleges were very evenly matched in their contest, but the Wellesley representatives managed to defeat their opponents after a heart-breaking struggle which brought the spectators to their feet. The wife of Robert Benchley '12, who was a member of the Bryn Mawr team, distinguished herself especially, even in defeat...