Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University authorities have acted wisely in refusing the invitation of Harvard Yale likes to take defeat with good grace, but we cannot refrain from observing that such a competition proves little of importance. Harvard may claim that she admits better material than Yale: she may even argue that her English department offers more thorough preparation for such at test. Yale would not dispute the point, because it is not worth a tinker's damn. It provides a source of raillery for Harvard undergraduates to use against their Yale friends: it probably also makes certain Harvard professors quite satisfied with their...
...Crimson malletmen were undefeated this year until they lost to the New York Athletic Club on Tuesday night. According to Coach Sharp, however, this defeat put the team in condition for the games in the Collegiate Tournament and he expects them to be in prime shape for tomorrow night's encounter...
Harvard's brilliant polo trio, not discouraged because of its defeat in the National Open Tournament, battled its way to a decisive victory over the Yale team last night at the Squadron A Armory, New York. The victory, by a score of 12 to 7 1-2, coming in the semi-final round of the National Indoor Collegiate Tournament, puts Harvard in a position to play Pennsylvania Military College, the defending champion, in the final game tomorrow night...
...first sprang into the limelight last year when his covering of Palmer, Yale ace, was one of the main reasons for his team's victories over the Blue in the 1928 series. In the first game against the Elis this last season, he scored both the goals which spelled defeat for the New Haven team. During the campaign just ended, Giddens drove in a total of 18 tallies to lead the Harvard scoring parade...
...York, March 19--In the first game of the National Open Polo Tournament played at the Squadron A Armory here tonight, the New York Athletic Club polo team administered to the Harvard trio its first defeat of the season by a 10 to 1 1-2 score...