Word: losely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...little strong team play, and it is good steady team play that brings success. What we want now is to win something. sometime, somewhere. the only thing we have to be grateful for during this last year is that there were no other championships that we could lose to Yale...
...regular series remains to be played, and from the recent showing of the nine, the college can look forward with confidence to see still another victory scored for Harvard on Saturday next. In case we win, there is every chance of our gaining the championship; if we lose, the championship is lost...
...remaining games, Yale at that time will have nine games won and one lost, Harvard eight games won two lost. If Harvard should win, the colleges will be tied for first place, and the deciding game will have to be played on neutral grounds. If Yale should lose one game of the remaining four, the game on the 21st will decide the championship. Harvard, by losing one of her Dartmouth games, will be "tied" with Amherst for second place, provided Amherst loses but one game. There are numerous combinations in all of which the game on June 21st will prove...
...wins in all her remaining games, including that with Yale, the Harvard-Yale game will decide wihch nine shall play off a tie with Amherst. To win the championship without an extra game we must win the games remaining for us to play, and Yale and Amherst must each lose one more game. The only combination of circumstances which can place us lower than second in the list, (ignoring the possibility of our defeat by Dartmouth) is the defeat of Yale by Amherst, our defeat by Yale, and success for Amherst in all other games...
...consequently the race of '66 was looked forward to with the deepest interest by both colleges. Every possible exertion was made by the crews in order to be thoroughly prepared, and they were urged on by the members of both colleges. Harvard, for once, seemed to lose her customary indifference, and the merits of the crews and of the new stroke were the topics of conversation on every hand. At last, July 27th came, and with it the usual rush of collegians to Worcestes. A ball match and several races of minor importance were quickly finished, and at three...