Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they have the same combination of forwards this season, Keating and Moran. The other three players are newcomers, but they have even evidence of their worth in bringing the team through a successful season. Even more notable than many of its victories was the St. Francis team's recent setback by a very close score at the hands of the sensational Army five...
...meet with B. A. A., 4-1, in the final round of the Class B inter-club tournament last Saturday. J. D. Du Bois '24, the only regular on the combination won his match with C. O. Wellington, 15-7, 14-15, 10-15, 15-7, 15-9. The setback, however, does not affect the University's standing in the league, the championship title having been sowed up as a result of the Lincoln's Inn meet a week...
...Green team has gathered seven victories in ten starts and numbers among its victims the league-leading Columbia quintet. A last-minute goal by Dooley, the football star who substitutes at forward on the Hanover five, handed a 21 to 20 setback to the Blue and White, their only reverse of the season. Two days later Harvard bowed to Columbia...
...will present a veteran combination tonight. The Blue will line up with Hunt at No. 1, Captain Baldwin at No. 2, and Hewitt, back. Their only defeat this season was inflicted by the 101st. Artillery mallet-wielders by the narrow margin of 6 1-2 to 6, a setback which they will seek to avenge this evening...
Columbia's record includes triumphs over Princeton, Pennsylvania, Army, Navy, and Colgate. Its 37 to 20 victory over the phenomenal Army five first brought the Morningside Heights team into prominence. Previous to that game the Cadets had piled up 32 consecutive victories. Columbia's sole setback came last Saturday when Dartmouth squeezed out a 21 to 20 win after trailing 18 to 12 at half time. Dooley, the Green's football field general, scored the winning basket...