Word: lost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This form of hero-worship as old as time itself, is unhealthy. It tends to obscure and to cheapen the cause of the worship, which is the only legacy of the man himself, but which is lost in the tumult and the shouting that tomorrow will be raised over another perhaps less worthy hero...
Barbee's two victories give him an average of 887, with eight games won and one lost. The lone loss charged against the Junior twirler was the first engagement with Georgetown at Washington, when he, as relief pitcher, allowed a pinch-hitter to drive in the winning run of a 7 to 6 contest. The four-hit shutout of last week avenged this stain on his record...
...death Harvard has lost a devoted and efficient servant, and intercollegiate Athletic a faithful and valued friend. The Brown University Athletic Council therefore wishes formally to record its sorrow at his death and to express to his widow and his associates its sincerest sympathy...
...defeated by France in a five-match series at St. Cloud, France, last week. Tilden seemed to have regained his ancient power. He won both of his singles matches, humbling Rene Lacoste and high-bounding Jean Borotra in straight sets. Borotra laughed off his defeat with: "I lost to a superior player, but I was out until four in the morning welcoming Lindbergh. It was worth...
...Hunter lost two matches...