Word: doubted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...result of the games is very doubtful but Harvard seems to have an excellent chance, and with the advantage of the home grounds should win. The team has sustained a serious loss in the withdrawal of C. H. Williams '98 who will be unable to run on account of the death of a relative. Williams has been improving rapidly this year and as he has run the half mile in about two minutes, he might have won a place today. There is also some doubt whether F. S. Elliot '95 will be able to ride, on account of illness...
...body, but they should not be alone. Wholly apart from the naturally keen rivalry between the two colleges in every field, there will be today the extra attraction of a thoroughly good game. The Yale class nine is reported to be very strong, and there can be no doubt that the Harvard nine, at least in fielding, is above the average of class teams. The playing should be good even though judged by an absolute, and no mere relative, standard...
After a few innings had been played there ceased to be any doubt about the result, the only question being whether the game would end in a whitewash for the seniors or not. They managed to avert this catastrophe by scoring an earned run in the ninth inning on a hit by Dodge, a stolen base, and two timely sacrifices...
This war will no doubt be followed by a great industrial development. Within our own lives Japan will manufacture for the world at large. Her people have strong taste for engineering and the principal education received by her young men abroad has been either military or civil engineering...
...international race that they have been looking forward to for some years, Mr. Cook's return may bring some new light. There is considerable doubt that Oxford will come over here, as it is understood that some of her men will be in the Henley regatta, but there is no apparent reason why Yale should not go over there. Their navy is well out of debt, and there are plenty of graduates in New York and elsewhere who would be glad to see a race and willing to defray the expenses. Such a race could hardly take place until...