Word: victor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reasons for her position: First, the score, which according to the referee, was 6 to 4 in Yale's favor at the end of an hour and seventeen minutes. Second, the referee's own opinion, publicly expressed, that, while declaring the game a draw, he considered Yale the victor; and it was his personal desire, conveyed to the Intercollegiate Association, that Yale should be awarded the championship. Third, the opinion of the Harvard delegation-a neutral body-that Yale is champion...
...contesting the exclusive right of bicycle manufacture in this country by the Columbia Bicycle Company has been awarded to the plaintiffs. It says: "The bicycle business is to be given a decided impetus in this country next season. The Overman Wheel Company of Chicopee, Mass., is to put the "Victor" bicycle on the market, and George Warrick, formerly a bicycle builder in London, and a holder of numerous patents, as well as licensee of American patents, proposes to establish a bicycle manufactory near Springfield...
...Brown, certain members of the sophomore class propose to give a supper to their class crew, the victor in the recent class races...
...walls and ceiling are the pennants which tell of many a closely contested race at Worcester, Saratoge, New London and on the Charles. In a case at one side are deposited a large number of base-balls, which bear witness to the games in which Harvard has been the victor. Hanging on the walls are photographs of the winning crews of all the class races which have taken place since their institution, while pictures of foot-ball, lacrosse and cricket teams, as well as of prominent college athletes contribute their part towards Harvard's history. Fastened to the walls near...
...Heathcote, the English amateur champion and Thomas Pettitt, the American champion, with the following result: First set, Heathcote, six games to four. Second set. Pettitt six games to three. Third set, Pettitt six games to none. Fourth set, Pettitt, six games to two; thus the American champion was the victor by three sets...