Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University Squad won three out of the five games played, losing only to the Hockey Club of New York and to the New York Athletic Club. The practice proved most beneficial in developing team play and a concentrated attack, which enabled the men to defeat the strong St. Nicholas team...
...prepared at Hotchkiss School, where he played halfback. In his freshman year he captained his class football team, which defeated Harvard and Princeton, and also won his numerals in baseball and track. He won his "Y" in track last spring. For the past two years he has played fullback on the university football team, where he has distinguished himself by his wonderful punting and his unusual ability in line plunging. He is a player who is especially hard to down in the open field. It was practically through Coy's work alone that Yale was able to defeat Princeton this...
...Davis. In 1867 he received his degree from the University of Virginia; fourteen years later he was appointed United States district attorney for the Eastern district of Virginia, by President Arthur, and was also elected to Congress from Virginia on the Republican ticket as representative at large. After his defeat in the election for governor of the state in 1885, he moved to New York to practice law. Mr. Wise has written several books on different subjects...
...University team started off its season by defeating Bowdoin, 5 to 0. The following Saturday the University of Maine proved easier and were defeated without any difficulty. For the first time in several years Bates failed to score, and was easily defeated. The University team had failed up to this time to show much improvement, but proved their superiority over the heavy Williams team in a rough, uninteresting game by making two touchdowns, and the following Saturday fairly swept the Springfield Training School off its feet, 44 to 0. Springfield proved much easier than last year and failed to work...
...centre Nourse's game has always been consistent, and it was due to his aggressiveness that the Navy game was turned from a defeat into a tie game. The two guards, Hoar and Dunlap, are strong players. In case the injury which Dunlap received in the Dartmouth game does not allow him to play, Withington will fill his place. Withington is one of the most aggressive players on the squad, and despite his light weight, plays a hard, fast game...