Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Defeat of an attempted bank robbery--American style--in Liverpool has resulted in odious comparisons. One gathers that the British press believes the police system of the United States to be an object of both tears and laughter. They do these things, say the Englishmen, much better abroad. American police are well trained they admit, and they admit, well equipped; but with half the equipment the British manage to get twice the results. Somewhere, somehow, there has been a mistake...
...powerful scoring machine? That is a question which will be answered when Captain Coady's men step on the Stadium turf at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon to do battle with the William and Mary gridiron squad. The visitors from the south are smarting from a 35 to 0 defeat administered by Syracuse last week and are anxious to retrieve their 14 to 7 loss on Soldier's Field last season...
With the further exception of Walker and Captain Coady, the University squad is in good shape and ready to meet William and Mary when the Southern try to avenge last year's 14 to 7 defeat. Several players, nursing minor hurts, were given a rest yesterday; Chauncey, Goodwin and Gamache were on the sidelines, but will be in condition by Saturday. It is also expected that Daley, veteran guard, who has been under observation for appendicitis, will see action against the Southerners...
Inability to stop a fast, deceptive forward pass caused a Crimson eleven to go down to a 19 to 14 defeat before Holy Cross last Saturday. It was a revitalized, fighting team that took the field for the University on Saturday, however, and only the brilliant Purple passing attack combined with a costly error on the Holy Cross two-yard line prevented the University players from holding a well earned lead...
Last Saturday the University Soccer team played a tie game with Springfield College, 2 to 2, and the Seconds and Freshmen kept the balance even with one victory and one defeat. The Freshman team won decisively from Tabor Academy, although the score was only 2 to 1 while the Second University eleven played a hard losing game against Clan Lindsay which ended with the score...