Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...seniors is very marked. Why more men do not try for the team is hard to tell. There is no logical reason for it. If a class team ever ought to be made to win it should be in its senior year, for in this year the discredit of defeat is greatest. Yesterday afternoon there were scarcely men enough to make one side of a game, and had the captain not arranged a practice match with another class no good work could have been done. Of course only eleven men can be on the team, but thirty...
...first game Harvard suffered her worst defeat at the hands of Yale in base ball...
Casper Whitney says: "If the Harvard crew can learn to keep their oars squarely against their pins and can master the art of a slow recovery, Yale will find a crew worthy of their best efforts, and one which they will have hard work to defeat...
Twelve of the strongest college clubs in the country have notified Captain Stagg, of Chicago University, that they will take part in the baseball tournament. It is the intention to play four games a week, each team dropping out of the contest after its second defeat...
...deeply thankful for the loyal efforts of Captain Vail and Coach Perkins and the rest of the crew. Each one of them may feel that the members of the University have confidence in those who represent it. We sincerely hope for victory, but should that fail us an honorable defeat is certain. And as a testimony of our hopes for their success and appreciation for their past efforts, we must give them a send off today such as has never before been given. A reminder is, we believe, the only exhortation needed. Each man's spirit will prompt...