Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nine had a good opportunity to win the game from Princeton at one time but did not prove equal to the opportunity. Their erratic work was a disappointment,- a sore disappointment to the men who went to New Haven to support them. The trouble with the nine seems to be, not that they are incapable of playing a strong game, but that they cannot at critical moments keep themselves calm and make use of the abilities they have. The lack of experience is fatal; it has shown itself in all but one of the important games, and, what is most...
...admire the spirit which the 'varsity management has shown by making its offer of tickets for tomorrow's game. Disappointed in the utility of the venture on last Saturday, the management has yet not been discouraged. The nine needs the support of enthusiastic cheering in order to win the series from Princeton, and the management intend they shall have that support even if it involves financial loss...
...game as flnished, Captain Wiggin had a perfect right to decline to commence a new game on the spot, if, in his discretion, the circumstances were unfavorable to his nine. Harvard's nine is better adapted to play nine innings than twelve, and, besides, nearly all of Harvard's supporters would have had to leave in order to catch the special train before two more innings could have been played and this would have given Princeton a decided advantage in the matter of support. While Captain Wiggin was willing to play through the game already started, he was not willing...
There are two present needs of support. The nine will leave for New Haven this afternoon at three, and an enthusiastic send-off will show them that the University appreciates their good work on Wednesday and hopes to see similar work tomorrow. At the game itself, Harvard supporters will be needed and a good number ought to make the trip. The management has done its share; it remains for students in general to do theirs...
...game showed what effort will do,-effort on the part of the nine and effort on the part of the students as well. The support given was magnificent. The clean, strong, enthusiastic, persistent cheering, starting with the first play and not failing till the game was won, had not a little to do with the result. If ever a student felt that no one but the teams had anything to do with winning victories, he need only have been present at the Pennsylvania and Princeton games wholly to change his mind. United effort is needed...