Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Costly errors at critical times were chiefly responsible for the second baseball team's 9 to 7 defeat at the hands of the Tufts Freshman nine in the opening game of the second team season on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The Harvard team did not hit its stride until after the sixth inning, but its seven run rally at this time was not sufficient to overcome the commanding lead held by the visitors. Save for a disastrous fifth inning, the Tufts hits were kept well scattered throughout the game...
...squad of 61 Freshman track and field athletes will leave at 1 o'clock this afternoon for Andover, where the first-year men will open their outdoor season with an effort to avenge the 82 to 44 defeat of last spring...
...record of three victories, one defeat, and one tie was hung up by the Crimson baseball forces in their initial week of action. Cold weather caused the cancellation of the games with Boston University which was scheduled to usher in the season, and with Georgetown on the Southern trip. William and Mary, Richmond, and Catholic University were the victims of the Harvard singers while the Quantico Marines repeated their 1928 performance by handing Coach Mitchell's charges their first setback of the season. The game with Columbia on Saturday was called at the end of the ninth frame with...
...victory in a series of matches in which much sparkling tennis was displayed. The two teams divided the singles matches and it was Harvard's 2 to 1 edge in the doubles that gave them victory. The feature matches were Whitbeck's defeat by C. Alphonso Smith, national star and Ingraham's three set victory over Taylor...
...House, Iowa's Representative Gilbert N. Haugen, one end of McNary- Haugenism, sulked pettishly. Wedded to the equalization fee, he allowed Illinois' Thomas S. Williams to guide the hearings, stamp the bill with the Williams political trademark. In the Senate, Oregon's McNary, blithe and chipper despite defeat after defeat, exuded optimism...