Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that Harvard was well represented in the intercollegiate sports would be but a feeble encomium of the magnificent work which our representatives did at New York. Before the sports Columbia thought she had a good chance of winning the cup, as did Yale, and, although we felt that we had the best chance, we never for one moment expected that, to say nothing of winning the cup, we should win as many first prizes, seven, as have ever been won by a single college. and should totally eclipse all our competitors. Our nearest rival, Princeton, won but two first prizes...
...gain victories for Harvard. Any man on the crew or nine will bear witness that croaking has brought the college many defeats and no victories. Men cannot be expected to play ball or row with any spirit when they have to look forward to slight praise if they win, and to unsparing and often ignorant criticism in case of defeat. We hope that the college in future will so frown upon this malicious spirit of croaking that the busy band of croakers will finally die out for want of patient listeners...
...decisive game with Yale today. It is needless to enlarge on the advantage of having a large crowd of Harvard men present at the game, as this is self-evident. The freshmen should not be content to rest on the one victory they have won, but should endeavor to win the series, and give Yale to understand that the Harvard freshmen have broken the charm of Yale's success. It is unfortunate that their university men should have been obliged to play so many games immediately preceding the game today, but this fact should only lead the nine to rely...
...gran'-stand cheers w'en de fab rites win...
...naturally be supposed that the Harvard crew could not possibly lack support. In spite of our misfortunes of this year, we send to New London one of the finest crews Harvard has ever entered in a race and one that will give Yale a hard struggle. If Yale should win this race, she would again tie Harvard in number of victories, while, if Harvard wins, the advantage will be one that will take several years for Yale to overcome...