Word: leading
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have the opportunity to wipe the effect of past defeats-although we have never been ashamed of them-and to put Harvard in the lead again. The opportunity must be seized. The exertions of the crew should be supported and encouraged by the students as they never have been before. The University has a right to expect victory...
...game was a highly creditable one to our eleven, in spite of the poor showing we made the last time we made the last time we went to the bat. To lead the University of Pennsylvania even for one innings at cricket is a feat of which we may well be proud. The wicket played well and the attendance gratifying. The score...
Harvard defeated Yale Saturday, and by so doing got a long lead in the struggle for the championship. Harvard has, thus far, won five games to Yale's three, and has lost one to her opponent...
...perfect for base-ball, and the game was witnessed by fully five thousand people. Yale sent up a delegation of about a hundred and fifty, which backed up the nine well. Harvard took the lead so soon, however, that there was no opportunity for them to cheer...
...ball playing ever done by Yale in Cambridge. Yale gave away the game in the first two innings by an inconceivable bunching of errors. After the second inning, Yale settled down to work and played a splendid game, both in the field and at the bat. Havard's lead was, however, too great to be overcome. Stagg pitched a magnificent game, striking out twelve of his opponents and keeping them down to five scattering hits. Bates also pitched well, although his wildness in the fifth gave Yale two runs. He was splendidly supported by the Harvard nine, all the infield...