Word: team
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cricket team will play at Medford tomorrow...
...would keep up its reputation and win a leading place for Harvard. With a good lead early in the game, victory should have been ours had the nine played the game that it had given us ample reason to expect that it would. There was a noticeable lack of team play and the nine as a whole batted poorly. We certainly have every reason to expect better coaching; to this fault, in a great measure, can our defeat be attributed...
...presence of a large number of Harvard men to encourage their nine. Ninety-two has thus far a clean record and, we hope, can maintain it. A large share of the repsonsibility of this rests with the class which should send and unusually large delegation of supporters to its team...
...game yesterday was exceedingly close, and was lost to Harvard through her inability to hit the ball, and from costly errors made at critical points. The home team obtained a fine lead in the first inning, but after that but one run was made. Princeton undiscouraged by Harvard's lead played a sure and steady game straight through, and well earned the game. She fairly outdid Harvard, batting stronger, and fielding almost perfectly. Harvard's batting, except in the first inning, was very weak, and her field work lacked snap. The men seemed to be satisfied with the lead obtained...
...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...