Word: slumped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Every baseball team must slump sometime, says an old adage of the game, and one must admit that there is truth in it, when one considers how well the University team started the season and how soundly it was beaten by Dartmouth yesterday. However, the loss of one game or even of several games does not mean that the team is demoralized by overconfidence or poor condition. It is the inevitable slump, and a team that has showed the baseball ability displayed by Captain Wingate's nine in most of its games this year is bound to come...
...weather, the examinations, not to mention a temporary weakness in the pitching department, all probably enter into the composition of the slump; but one element is present in it, an important psychological one, for whose existence there is no excuse, that is the lack of undergraduate support which was so plainly apparent at yesterday's game. Even considering the time of year and its manifold duties, there is no reason why more undergraduates should not go to Soldiers Field and encourage the team by their presence. Without such support, even the best team must falter. With such support, a return...
...University squad seems to be recovering from its recent slump and had good work-outs on Monday and yesterday. The men seem to have regained their batting eyes and should play up to the form which they displayed earlier in the season...
...University team, though it has been in a bit of a slump for the past week and has dropped games to Penn. and Holy Cross, appears to be the best that Harvard has had for several years, and has won 13 out of 16 games played, losing one game each to Georgetown, Penn. and Holy Cross, but as Harvard had won and earlier game with Georgetown there was an even break with the Washington college. There will be another game both with Penn. and Holy Cross, so there is a chance to even up with those teams...
...championship by reason of the loss of playing power and general demoralization resulting. Fortunately the other defeats were free from any blights; the baseball one was to be expected, for a team playing under the strain of upholding a record of successive victories is always liable to a sudden slump; track was half expected, and the performance of many of the men was worthy of congratulation...