Word: won
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...final round of the chess tournament was finished yesterday. The scores were as follows: J. H. Hewins '98 won 5 1-2 games, lost 1-2; F. E. Thayer '99 won 3 1-2, lost 2 1-2; P. W. Long '98 won 3, lost 3; H. V. Poor 1901 won 0, lost...
...fencing tournament held in the B. A. A. Gymnasium Saturday afternoon and evening, M. de Diaz '98, who fenced last year on the senior team, won first place in Class A, novice foils; M. Green 2 L., of last year's junior team was second in the same contest; and J. P. Parker '96, a member of both the junior and senior teams in '96, was third...
Class B, novice foils, was won by M. Green 2 L., with A. B. Lapsley '99, third. J. P. Parker '96 won the contest in Class C, duelling swords, with A. F. Riggs '98, who fenced on the junior team in his Sophomore year and on the senior team last year, second...
...they played as well as they were capable of goes without questioning, but after the first three minutes every spectator almost felt that Harvard was outclassed. Had the men played with the dash they showed in parts of the Brown, the Cornell and the Wesleyan games, they might have won; but they were incapable of it. Harvard, try hard as she would, was not able to get out of that slow gait, while the Pennsylvania men were quick, snappy and ever active. It may be that the Harvard men were not over-trained, but something certainly was the matter...
Saturday's game with Pennsylvania was anything but a pleasant climax to the football season. Pennsylvania won the game distinctly on its merits, and proved beyond doubt that she has the best team of the season. In comparison, Harvard was unquestionably weaker in team play, especially on the offensive. There was one feature of the game, however, which was much more gratifying. The Harvard team played the best game of which they were capable, and kept it up to the very end. In this respect they came up to expectations and redeemed themselves from their former disgrace. Having done their...