Word: lost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshmen were victorious in their contest last Saturday with the Exeter Academy quintet. Milton has won three and lost three of its games this year...
...where never man has flown before him. Over the jagged barrier of Andes from Bogota he soared upward to the east. Fogs blotted his landmarks. Once dodging beneath the clouds he noticed a pair of antelope and dipped close to the earth to race their frightened flight. Soon he lost his way; sooner again he found it and sank to safety at Maracay, Venezuela. He motored to nearby Caracas, shook hands, gave thanks for fervent reception, listened to Spanish speeches, prepared to hop to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands...
Each summer the club takes a cruise. The largest sailed in 1906 when some 500 boats went up to Newport and beyond. In 1909 the cruise flotilla fell foul of a blow off Cape Cod and were scattered to ports all over Massachusetts. One man was lost; many boats disabled. Since then the fleet has run less to the open...
...sturdiest, save in exceptional cases, go far to sea. Others are shrewdly, carefully sailed or navigated. Or perhaps yachtsmen are lucky. Among the rare disasters are: The father of W. A. W. Stewart, one-time commodore of the potent Seawan-haka Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L. I., was lost with a party in a hurricane off the Florida coast about 25 years ago. The Liev Eriksson, from Norway to Newfoundland, with a party including William Washburn Nutting was lost off Iceland in 1924. Alain J. Gerbault, famed French tennis player, bound around the world, is two months overdue...
...Freshman players thus far have lost only one contest, which was their first one of the year. They are, according to Coach Harry Cowles, one of the most consistent group of players that has represented the University in many years...