Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...weak point of the freshman eleven is its defensive work and the men must improve a great deal in this respect if they wish to defeat U. of P. next Saturday. The centre men allow themselves to be carried off their feet frequently and if they do get low lose all sight of the play. The tackles are continually drawn out and the opposing team makes its biggest gains through tackle and guard...
...Harvard's policy.- (b) By avoiding permanent relations this false notion would be removed-(1) Athletics would become more normal.- (c) Harvard comes to consider Yale as her peculiar rival and "bosom enemy."- (1) Less interest in recent Princeton game than in last Yale game, though as great a defeat.- (d) Such arrangements tend unfairly to raise the literary estimate of Yale,- (1) Yale gains in literary prestige by defeating Harvard...
...eleven does not need to think, because the University is inclined to take this rather severe view, it will lack the support which is its due. We cannot allow last Saturday's defeat to discourage us however keenly we feel the sting which comes with it. But the University does feel that its support can be heartily given only when there is complete assurance that every man is doing his best. Mere reverses of fortune should never shake the strength of the support given to the team, but a loss of confidence may have that effect...
...feeling among the students at Ann Harbor is one of confidence. There is scarcely a man in Michigan University who does not believe his team will defeat Harvard. Following is a clipping from the U. of M. Daily, which expresses the above sentiment...
...here lies the whole point: It is no one's place, in the University at least, to measure reasonable probabilities before a game. It is a waste of time at best and kills the true spirit whether it forecasts victory or defeat...