Word: weakest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard team defeated the eleven from Amherst Saturday by a score of 102-0 in a game of two half hours. The Amherst team was the weakest the eleven has met this year, its men being light and its game entirely without science. Mr. Dennison L. S. was referee, and Mr. Palmer L. S. umpire. The following men composed the teams...
...present day the American people are confronted with the fact that the weakest point in their plan of government is the mode of choosing a president.- O'Neil...
...players being made mainly in the games with Princeton. Five Yale players and one Princeton man rank, in the average of base hits, higher than our heaviest batsman, Willard; while the majority of the names of Harvard players appear at the bottom of the list. McConkey, the weakest batsman of the Yale team, ranks ahead of six of Harvard's players. This lack of ability to bat may be considered the chief cause of our defeat last June...
...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 was in fact, distinctly a pitcher's game, and as such, great credit is due Harvard's pitcher whose work, in his first...
...nine plays another game of ball. The defeat which the team suffered on Wednesday shows that it is much the weakest of the class nines. This weakness is due to the fact that the regular pitcher is considered too good for a class nine, and is unable to play in that position. On the other hand he is considered not good enough for the 'Varsity, and so he is unable to play at all. The distinction which has been made in this case seems to be one that cannot be maintained without arousing much complaint and questioning...