Word: win
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Jarvis Field Saturday the 1921 players defeated the Exeter team, 4 to 2, for their second straight win. No doubles were played, as the Exeter players had to leave to catch an early train...
Those who believe that we have several years of war before us are not pessimists. That we must win, that we shall win, that there is no doubt about the Germans being subdued, but that victory will not come until there has been a full development of American fighting strength, and such an application of our developed strength that it will prove a determining factor in military action, is their view. They do not look upon the present German drive as action which if unsuccessful would result in an early ending of the war or which, if it should succeed...
...games have been played against the University nine, today's engagement will present the first opportunity of sizing up the Freshman aggregation. Judging from Rindge's record of two defeats and one victory in the three contests played this spring, the 1921 team will not be pressed hard to win...
...worthy partner, to subordinate our selves to the Cause. The individual soldiers are not to be blamed. The fault lies deeper yet. It is with the American public at home who insist upon regarding war as a glorious sport at which our athletes are in nature bound to win. Parade after parade, motion pictures, books, and pamphlets confirm it. Our newspapers describe in four-inch headlines of alternated red and black how five "Yanks" have captured a German patrol of twenty, while on page five, under a flaring advertisement of some chewing gum company, we find the official British...
...left France one month ago, and at that time the British and French were full of confidence, and our troops were keen and eager to join in the action. This is going to be a long, hard war. We can win, and we will win; but it means everybody behind the Government with everything they have: material things and spiritual force...