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Word: winning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...while it looked as if Harvard would win, for although the Bruins started fast, they faded in the second period. The Crimson led, 5 to 3, midway in the third period, but Brown tied it, 5 to 5, and later, 6 to 6, to force the overtime...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Basketball Team Wins; Sextet Bows to Brown | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

...Jumbos never had a chance. For three periods at the Arena last night, the varsity hockey team hardly extended itself, yet it outclassed Tufts every foot of the way. In the end Harvard skated off with a 9 to 12 triumph its third win in three starts...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Hockey Team Outplays Tufts, 9-2 | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...ways to enjoy sports: by watching and by playing. To satisfy the watcher, the spectator, the ballplayer is generally called an athlete. In professional sports the avowed purpose is to please the spectator, not the ballplayers. It is natural, then, for the professional to tag opponents in the nose win a baseball, to commit intentional fouls in the hope they will not be seen on the basketball court, etc. The supreme purpose of non-professional sports is the enjoyment of the ballplayers, whether he wins or loses, whether he is talented or not. A simple example of the conflict between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More On Athletics | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...freshmen, while not yet polished are a high scoring outfit, and the Eaglets will have to come up with a lot more fight and better team play than Tufts or BU if they expect to snap the Yardlings' modest win streak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Yard Cagers Battle BC At Garden Today | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

Unit Friday, with only Metropolitan League matches behind it, Coach Barnaby's squad had been unable to win. However, the trip to the northland may have been the turning point for the team, for it achieved decisive wins over Dartmouth, McGill, and the Montreal Squash and Badminton Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Will Oppose Agawam, MIT Squad Today | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

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