Word: win
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first day of the annual fall rowing regatta, the Thayer Club obtained four points and the Eliot Club one. If the Eliot first wins with open water between the shells today, they will win the Filley Trophy, five points to four; otherwise they will lose...
...president of the Republican Club expressed great satisfaction over the results of the elections and stated that the result nearly corroborated his predictions of the final vote, and believed the Republicans would win...
...made good tennis difficult. The match was marked by very little rallying Kellerher seemed to have it his own way, driving deep into Rand's court for points. And although Rand made a many good placement shots, Kelleher seemed always to be able to make a remarkable recovery and win the point...
...root of the trouble is not hard to find. The intense rivalry between the various colleges, the subordination of everything to the desire for teams which will win, these things have led to absurd competition in expenditures. It is like the race for armaments. The argument is that no team can hope to win unless it can be provided with all high priced coaching, scouting, dieting and other paraphernalia that its rivals are getting. To the progressive development of that absurdity, as the Yale report wisely points out, there is no end in sight. The time has surely come, therefore...
...this year drawn up as a preface to the new book a "Football Code," in which higher standards of play are discussed. The committee is trying to bring a spirit of sportsmanship and fair play into the game by interpreting plays from the honest rather than the "anything to win" viewpoint...