Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...afternoon. This expectation is but natural, in view of the score made in the two previous games against this college, and when it is remembered that the Dartmouth nine, which was so easily defeated by our team, found no difficulty in winning the game at Hanover yesterday. Yet, in spite of the strong probabilities of success, all over confidence must be suppressed, for, of all games, base-ball is one the most uncertain, as has been shown only too often by the unexpected victories of a weak team over one reputed to be of much greater strength. No better example...
...Thus, in spite of bad starts and other things conspiring against them, the Harvard team won the Mott Haven cup for the year 1885. The record of prizes stands...
...victories for the Crimson have made last Saturday a red-letter day in the athletic annals of Harvard. For five years the Mott Haven cup has remained at Cambridge, and now it has come back to us for the sixth time, having been won by our track athletes in spite of the gross unfairness displayed by the managers of the intercollegiate games. Truly, the faithful work of the past year has met its fitting reward. The result of the game against Princeton was but another proof of the strength of our nine. As the score now stands...
...though the bowling of the Longwood's was first rate, the total of 61 runs was made for Harvard. McKean batted brilliantly for 29, and Parker and Zerega played carefully for 11 and 10 respectively. The Longwoods followed almost immediately after the last Harvard man was out, but in spite of their strongest endeavors, they were not able to make more than 47 runs, the bowling of Joy and Smith being so excellent. Joy got 7 wickets for 20 runs; Mansfield batted carefully for 18, and Wright's 13 was very acceptable to Longood. The Harvard team deserves...
There seems to have been a tendency to avoid "live" subjects for discussion. In spite of the strong political feeling at the time, questions connected with politics are rare. Once the question "Is the motto 'To the victors belong the spoils' a good one for a political party," was debated and decided in the negative. Only three questions relating to slavery were chosen for debate, and the debate on one of them was in definitely postponed on the evening appointed for it. The question "Are negroes an inferior race of beings?" was twice discussed, and each time was decided...