Search Details

Word: outclassing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...There are several different respects in which the Blue are superior to the Harvard Freshmen. Their ends are excellent. They outclass anything Harvard has to offer. Also, they have a speedy, hard-hitting backfield that will be hard to stop. How great a success the team has against Harvard will depend largely on the extent to which the line improves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLGATE COACH FOUND YALE ELEVEN ONLY AVERAGE; RECORD ENROLMENTS AT COLUMBIA AND PENN STATE | 11/9/1916 | See Source »

...swimming team was subjected to humiliating defeat by the University of Pennsylvania, scoring only 9 points to 44. It is true that swimming is a minor sport, but it is certainly no credit to a great University to have any of its teams, no matter how unimportant, so completely outclass,--to which fact the fate of basketball bears abundant testimony. Such a defeat is particularly provoking when, as in this case, it is directly traceable to three simple causes:--men on probation, the two-period rule, and the lack of a swimming tank. The first two are common enough grievances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SWIMMING MEET AGAIN. | 2/14/1910 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next