Word: loser
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...wager of several hundred thousand dollars was recently made in New York that that city would lead Boston at the finish of the drive by a million dollars, the loser paying the money to the fund...
...signifies. The man who says he is "getting by" is merely drifting with the current into the sea of oblivion. When the fighting spirit of races as well as of individuals runs low rapid degeneration inevitably follows. And when high resolve and constant initiative relax their powers, then the loser is morally poor indeed; for he has dropped out of the race in life and but impedes the way for those behind. If a student is merely "getting by" he is a liability to himself and to the University whose advantages he simply prevents someone else from obtaining...
...fast time of 58 seconds, and placing second to Binney in the fifty. The Yale yearlings had no difficulty in winning the relay in one minute, 48 2-5 seconds. The summary of events follows (the relay counted eight points for the winner and none for the loser...
Smith Halls won the Interdormitory. Round Robin tennis tournament by defeating Gore, 5 to 1, on Soldiers Field yesterday. This closes the tournament, as Smith had already beaten Standish, and Gore, yesterday's loser, had triumphed over Standish...
Last year the University broke even with the Rhode Island team, receiving a 7 to 3 defeat in Cambridge, and two days later beating Brown 11 to 10 in a hitting festival on the loser's home field. Brown, however, is believed to have a much less powerful nine this spring. Seven games have been won and only three lost, but Brown's pitching staff is admittedly weaker than in 1915, and only three veterans remain in the line-up: Murray, G. F. Johnston, and Ormsby. Healy is the most reliable pitcher, and will probably be in the box today...