Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday. Besides the duty which devolves upon every member of Ninety-one to support his team to the best of his ability, the game at Yale is one of those land-marks in the history of every freshman class, the retrospect of which is always pleasant. If the nine win, nothing will surpass the joy of those who witnessed the victory and by their presence and encouragement helped keep Yale "off the fence;" if defeat be their fate, the complimentary dinner tendered all the Harvard men after the game will purge their melancholy...
...that the large contingent of Harvard that will go to New Haven with the nine will support the team in every legitimate way. With careful and sharp playing on the part of the nine, and with hearty enthusiasm on the part of the supporters, we think that we can win...
...remembered that next Saturday the nine will not have the advantage of playing on its own grounds, and over confidence has been the cause of defeat to more than one Harvard team. The best wishes of the whole college follow the nine, and all that is needed to win the championship this year is to hold with a steady grip the lead which we now have over Yale...
...team match between the Shooting Club and the Jamaica Plain Gun Club, on Saturday last, was won by the latter club-134 to 112. The Harvard team showed up poorly, and the members must do better work if they hope to win Thursday's match against Pennsylvania...
...practically out of the race, having lost two games and gained but one. Thus our chief opponent is to be, as of old, Yale. We certainly have many reasons for self-congratulation at the result of yesterday's game; yet we must make a determmed fight before we can win the championship. Over confidence is a dangerous quality, and victory is assured by hard work, not by past glory. Harvard's weakest point yesterday was in batting. It was not until the last of the game that out nine at all succeeded in fathoming Princeton's pitching. Yesterday's contest...