Word: loss
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game was played were all against Harvard. The loose work in the field and weakness at the bat can be attributed to the very natural nervousness on the part of an untried team, overconscious of its own weakness. We see no reason for serious discouragement on account of the loss of the first Princeton game; on the contrary the renewea incentive to hard work which the loss furnishes together with the experience gained from the game, ought to result in such an improvement in the nine that the result of our second championship game will be awaited with more confidence...
...many times safely. King's batting and fielding were the features of the game. He made a two and a three base-hit each time bringing in two men. In the first inning Quackenboss, while running to third, caught his foot and broke a Hgiament in his knee. His loss at third was felt severely during the game. In the second inning, Brownlee of Princeton threw his leg out of joint while running from first to second. Harvard was first...
...unfortunate that a change of captains of the freshman nine should be necessary at this time. There must always be some slight loss attending such a change, and it remains to be seen whether or not the new captain and his men will make this loss only a temporary one-one that can be overcome by hard and faithful work. At present the outlook for a first-class nine is rather gloomy. There seems to be plenty of material but it is not all of the best order. Such being the case, the only possible hope for success lies...
...evils caused by indiscriminately unrestricted immigration are numerous, The large majority of the present immigrants are degraded, lazy, and ignorant and are rapidly filling up our poor houses and gaols. Thus they become a burden to the tax-payers. Again on economic grounds these immigrants are a decided loss as their prime object is to send money home. Moreover immigrants are a great political evil, as they are the prime object of political bribery and corruption...
Resolved. That by his loss we are called upon to mourn a kind friend and genial companion, whose upright life and cheerful bearing did much to make life pleasant for all who knew...