Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...winning Saturday Harvard is still in the race for the championship. The nine have shown that they can play a good fielding game and if they can only learn to bat between now and Saturday there is no reason why they should not win. The efficacy of cheering as proved last Saturday, should be borne in mind, and all fair encouragement should be given to the nine. If the nine will do good work they may be assured of the heartiest support...
...hard work, its evident ability to play an up-hill game, had raised the hopes of the college, and although we knew that the fight for the championship would be close, yet we hoped that the nine on its own grounds at least would keep up its reputation and win a leading place for Harvard. With a good lead early in the game, victory should have been ours had the nine played the game that it had given us ample reason to expect that it would. There was a noticeable lack of team play and the nine as a whole...
Saturday the freshman nine plays the Yale freshmen at New Haven. Although Ninety-two managed to win the game in Cambridge, it was clearly shown that only by hard work and sharp and steady play could they beat Yale on her own grounds. One of the surest helps to a victorius game will be the presence of a large number of Harvard men to encourage their nine. Ninety-two has thus far a clean record and, we hope, can maintain it. A large share of the repsonsibility of this rests with the class which should send and unusually large delegation...
...loss of this game Harvard is put badly in the rear in the fight for the championship. It will be possible to win the pennant only by defeating Princeton tomorrow, and by three consecutive victories over Yale. Harvard's chances therefore are slight, but she has a strong fighting chance for second place...
This afternoon Harvard will play her first championship game in Cambridge. This may be considered Princeton's last chance for first or second place in the series, and it is certain that she will make a strong fight for this last opportunity. Harvard will have hard work to win, but there should be no doubt of the result...