Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...feeling of determination mingled with optimism was prevalent at Soldiers Field yesterday in spite of Saturday's defeat when it became known that the entire University squad will be fit for scrimmage again by next Monday. Buell and Spalding, who both received the same left injury, will be back in uniform, it is hoped, by Friday of this week and Dunker will be ready again by the first of next week at the latest...
...Coach Fisher will spend the remaining nine days of practice before the game in the Bowl perfecting the teamwork of the Crimson eleven in an effort to instill a continuous offensive drive and defensive line charge which was glaringly absent on Saturday. The University coaches are confident that the defeat by Princeton was of immense value in the experience it afforded the Crimson players and in the determined spirit which it created as the Yale game draws near...
...least sign of improvement there will be a general demand for further rate reductions. Lower transportation costs are greatly to be desired in common with lower costs of all commodities, but premature rate reductions which tend to restrict railroad earnings are likely, in the long run, to defeat their purpose, for unless the railroads are permitted sufficient net income not only to meet expenses but to provide credit for financing improvements, they will be unable to bring about the operating economies which are necessary to an ultimate and permanent reduction in transportation charges...
...following Saturday, October 28, Princeton journeyed to Chicago, seeking revenge from the defeat administered by Coach Stagg's men last year, and gained it by a 21 to 18 victory in one of the most sensational games ever played...
Princeton, on the other hand, presents more of a known quantity. In their one meet of the season they scored a 26 to 30 defeat over a strong Technology team which counted Cornell, Dartmouth, and the University among its victims. The Orange-men, however, are unfamiliar with the difficult Belmont course which is far more rugged than the course at Princeton...