Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...what would be the crowing stroke of calamity to our athletic interests. The 'varsity nine has shown at various and intermittent times that it can play winning ball. The college can rest assured that the nine will do its utmost to defeat Yale on Saturday if it receives proper support. Every Harvard man should go to the game prepared to show Captain Willard that the college is backing him. The moment the game begins, some one should start a cheer, and that cheer should not for a moment be allowed to die out. The nine should be spurred...
...affairs. Surely Ninety-two has not made an enviable record, has not given the college reason to be proud of it in any respect save in its football victory last fall! After the detestable action of its nine at New Haven, comes the announcement that the class will not support the crew. We are accustomed to regard the freshman class as one to recruit the ranks of our 'varsity teams, to fill places of importance in after college years, to keep up Harvard's reputation. But of what use is a class that has in its freshman year learned...
...Saturday there is no reason why they should not win. The efficacy of cheering as proved last Saturday, should be borne in mind, and all fair encouragement should be given to the nine. If the nine will do good work they may be assured of the heartiest support...
About a dozen of us graduates came out to see the Princeton game Thursday. In our opinion the game was lost through the utter indifference of the undergraduates to support the nine. The cheering was simply a disgrace. If the nine had been supported by proper cheering the game would have been...
...outcome of the Yale game is no ground for discouragement, for in that game Harvard played with her team partially disabled, and under hard luck from the start. This afternoon Harvard will be playing on the home grounds, encouraged by the loyal support of the whole college. We have confidence in the nine's ability to play a winning game from the start, and to score a deserved victory...