Word: favored
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...voting concerning the Glee Club has been very heavily in favor of Matthews. The Club will be asked to sing there...
...fielding and the batting of the nine has improved greatly with its constant practice, and the steady work of the battery in all the games leaves nothing to be asked from that quarter except that it maintain its excellent standard. When we add to these indications in Harvard's favor the fact that the nine is to play on its own field, supported by a large body of men, the hopes for victory are certainly bright...
...score was: Gentlemen of England, 1st innings, 79; 2nd innings, 114. Cambridge University, 1st innings, 85; 2nd innings, 110 for 4 wickets. A few days later-May 21st, 22nd and 23d, the game at Oxford between the Gentlemen of England and Oxford University resulted in a draw, somewhat in favor of the former. The score was: Gentlemen of England, 1st innings, 190; 2nd innings, 447; Oxford University, 1st innings, 294; 2nd innings, 160 for 5 wickets...
...second game of lacrosse in the class championship series resulted in favor of the freshmen. by a score of 2 to 0. Eighty-nine could muster only half their team, but decided to play, and came near winning a victory against odds of two to one. The ball was near Eighty-nine's goal most of the time, but the defence was so strong, and the freshman attack played so poorly, that only twice did the ball go through, and then each time from a scrimmage. Several times Griffing made a good run down the field, dodging man after...
...seventh inning, the score was a tie and, at the end of the eighth, it stood 8 to 7 in favor of Yale. In the first of the ninth Corning tied the score again, making a run on an error by Hedges, and a base hit by Cummings. Yale then came to the bat for the last time, feeling very confident of victory. McClintock took his base on balls, stole second, took third on player's choice, came home on Parker's base hit, and the game was lost. Crosby played very well for Harvard: Huntington did the best word...