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...matter how plucky a team may be, it is bound to be influenced more or less by the loss of the game which it was most anxious to win. The present victory, however, will tend to take away the sharpness from last Saturday's defeat, and to scatter the gloom which would have followed had the Yale game been the last of the season. The first of our series of games with Pennsylvania has resulted very successfully for us, and we can only hope that we may have the same luck with her teams in the future that Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/30/1893 | See Source »

...reason, and had not regained it when he was carried from the field later in the game. Although he caught the next inning, he was not in condition to do so, and luckily did not have to come up behind the bat. This unfortunate occurrence cast a gloom over the whole of the rest of the game, and seemed to take all the life out of the players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER VICTORY. | 6/24/1892 | See Source »

...year when the hopes of all who have the interests of our rowing at heart were high, the coach question disappointed and discouraged all. Again and again when the persistent and untiring efforts of Coach Adams and Captain Perkins seemed to have mastered circumstances, some accident has cast a gloom over the brightening prospect. Captain Perkins is still unable to take his position in the boat, but will probably be back very soon. He watches the crew from the launch. At present the order in the boat is as follows: Stroke, Powers '92; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Varsity Crew. | 6/8/1891 | See Source »

Ninety entered in a period of athletic gloom, and has the satisfaction of seeing a new spirit infused into Harvard sports and one championship gained, with a good prospect for another. She may hope even more for next year than for this, and for still greater success in the following years, when the new spirit and facilities have made their influence felt to their full extent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/20/1890 | See Source »

...only break in the gloom of the whole plot is in the meeting of Electra and Orestes before the palace, and the acting of both Miss Hamilton and Mr. Whitlesey, on this occasion deserves mention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Electra. | 5/2/1889 | See Source »

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