Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson eleven has not been defeated this season, and the Yale Freshmen were unbeaten until last Saturday, when they met defeat at the hands of the strong Princeton 1929 outfit. Both Harvard and Yale have exceptionally strong Freshman teams this fall...
...weekend, while the soccer eleven lost its third consecutive league game. The horsemen galloped to an easy 8 to 1 triumph over the Tiger forces on Devereaux field, while at the same time, on another Princeton field, the Crimson hooters were going down to a 4 to 1 defeat before the strong attack of the Orange and Black forward line...
There is really no great reason to rate Princeton as an odds-on favorite this afternoon. The record of the Tigers this season is not impressive; it includes three minor victories, one tie, and one defeat. Harvard's three wins and two losses are nothing to boast about, but they will not discourage the Crimson team today...
...spirit pervades Harvard's gridiron forces. The over-confidence incurred by the 68-0 victory over Middle-bury and partially responsible for the defeat by Holy Cross has long since vanished; and the discouragement cast by two consecutive defeats has been thrown aside. Harvard's gridiron forces are invading Tiger town in much the same frame of mind that the Princeton men were in when they came to Cambridge last November. The 34-0 win of the Orange and Black last year has not been forgotten, and the Crimson eleven will attack the tiger with a longing for revenge...
...their two previous league battles, the University booters have twice tasted defeat, losing a close game to Cornell, and being overwhelmed last Saturday by a strong outfit from the University of Pennsylvania. Dartmouth, though not in the league, also has to its credit a win over the Crimson eleven which has beaten only the Clan Lindsay, and tied Amherst...