Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...loss of the race was due greatly to the superior weight of the Cornell crew, who seemed to force their boat through the water regardless of their form or anything else. The fact that Captain North was unable to row had much to do with the result, for it was impossible that even so good an oar as Mr. Foster could fill with his light weight the place in the waist of the boat formerly occupied by the "heavy man" of the crew...
...Howe led off in the seventh inning with a base-hit; Nunn tipped to Smith; Thayer and Tyng hit safely, Latham flied to Hutchison. Ernst then hit safely over left field, bringing in all the men on the bases and gaining two bases himself. Harvard won the game by superior fielding...
...would still have lacked that perfect confidence in his catcher that comes only from long working together. To this lack of assurance, rather than to any other cause, is to be attributed the number of base-hits made by Yale. That we were beaten fairly and squarely by far superior batting is an undeniable fact; yet, after the brilliant games played by our Nine with other clubs, and with the prospect of having Tyng's services in the next game, we ought not to despair for the future...
...were once proud of our apparel do homage to thee as a superior being," said the blazing exotic, employing the editorial we as a sign of his importance...
Spider smiles, and waits good-naturedly for me to ask for his mark. But here is where I am superior to him. I am not going to ask for his mark. The silence becomes painful. At length Spider smiles again...