Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...brought Mr. Storey to his final proposition namely the possibility of the vast number of the better class of both Democrats and Republicans, who agrees in the main of holding independent conventions to protest against the candidates of the party before country principle. Such action, he said, alone would defeat the nomination of insignificant and corrupt men in place of the men of ability and high principle. Unless some such action as this shall be taken in New York there is but little doubt but that the influence of Hillism and Tammany will defeat Mr. Cleveland's nomination...
...freshman class must give its eleven better support than it has up to this time. The Yale freshman eleven is playing a remarkably strong game. It will take a very good team to defeat it, and our freshmen must not fail through lack of loyal and enthusiastic support. The members of the class should not only attend the scheduled games of their eleven, but they should go out and watch the practice of the candidates. It is encouragement of this sort which will keep the team working hard all the time; and hard work is all that will...
...feature of the game was the pitching and batting of Young for Princeton, and the playing of Calhoun for Yale. The whole story of Yale's defeat lies in their weakness at the bat; the whole explanation of Princeton's victory lies in their sharp hitting and in Young's good right arm; for Young was far more effective than Bowers, the Yale pitcher. The score by innings was as follows...
...Andover went to Exeter and gave her crushing defeat, 22 to 6. Exeter's pitcher gave 17 bases on balls. In 1888 Andover won after a close game, 6 to 4. Upton '93, played short stop on Andover that year. In 1889, Trafford '93, and Upton '93, caught respectively for Exeter and Andover, and Soule '93, played short stop for Exeter. Exeter won, 3 to 2. It was in this game that Trafford got through several water buckets, a couple of benches and the scorers' stand in time to make a wonderful foul catch...
This afternoon at four o'clock Harvard will play the J. P. Lovell Arms Company nine and the simple announcement of this game is an assurance of an interesting contest. The Lovell men are determined to do their best to retrieve their defeat of the other day and Harvard will of course make strenuous exertions to prevent the rifle-making baseballists from having this satisfaction. Harvard's batting order will be as follows: Dean, 2b.; Hallowell, c. f.; Hovey, s. s.; Trafford, 1b.; Frothingham, r. f.; Alward, l. f.; Cook, 3b.; Upton, c.; Bates...