Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contest today will be a match race with the B. A. A. for cups and a banner-the same prizes as offered in the race with B. A. A. two weeks ago. Since their defeat then, the Weld crews have shown considerable improvement, and have taken Blake '99 from the College crew into the intermediate boat, where he has been rowing at 6. They have had constant racing practice, as the three crews have been out together every afternoon and have rowed some fast times rows, doing the mile and a half in 7.50 and the mile under five minutes...
...only game of the year with Georgetown University. After several days of rest the 'Varsity is now about to begin the last hard practice of the season, preparatory to the first Yale game on June 23. The improvement in the nine has gone steadily on since the first defeat by Princeton, and the game this afternoon should result in an easy victory...
...failure of the Nine to win the Princeton baseball series is a great disappointment to every one, especially after the winning of last Saturday's game. Under the circumstances, however, it behooves Harvard men simply to take the defeat in silence,- the Nine to work hard to win from Yale and the rest of the undergraduates to give it the same strong support that helped to win last Saturday; for it is no exaggeration to say that Princeton has one of the strongest college teams ever developed, and won the series wholly on its merits...
...spite of yesterday's defeat there is a good deal of encouragement to be got out of the recent work of the Harvard team. After showing up very poorly during the first part of the season the men have demonstrated their ability to play a steady, consistent game. They may feel sure that their work will be anxiously watched by the undergraduates from now on until the Yale games and that they will go into these games with the support of the University behind them...
...batting strength of the nines was about equal, but in the field Yale was far superior. Poor headwork at critical moments and several inexcusable errors were the cause of the defeat...