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Word: winning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...consider their skill of too low a standard. They have no right, however, to remove the "H" when it implies an ungenerous criticism of an honored rival. But every Yale man can afford to pass that by unnoticed, since they readily understand the keen disappointment of your failure to win...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM A YALE GRADUATE. | 12/3/1897 | See Source »

...foreign to the spirit in which the H's were removed and the editorials written, that we find it hard to believe that such a misconception can have obtained general foothold in New Haven. Nothing could be further from our intention than to condemn the team for falling to win. Without any reference whatever to the result of either game, or to either of the opposing teams, we voiced the opinion, right or wrong, of a great many Harvard men, including the players and the coaches, that in the first game the team did not play up to its ability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/3/1897 | See Source »

...method of defense, if such formations are legal and are to be continued, has yet to be found against them. And if Harvard expects to win games from big teams, it seem that she too must find some such play which can be depended upon for consecutive gains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BEATEN. | 11/22/1897 | See Source »

...since 1894. Though Harvard is believed to have the strongest Freshman eleven she has had for many years, Yale, strengthened by her victory over Princeton, will be found by no means a weak adversary. However, if the Freshman team plays the game it is capable of, it ought to win from Yale today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN GAME. | 11/20/1897 | See Source »

...clock yesterday morning the Princeton eleven had light practice on the 'varsity field, and then with the coaches took the 12.20 train for New York. The Princeton men are not so confident as a week ago, but still expect their team to win...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale and Princeton Yesterday. | 11/20/1897 | See Source »

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