Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Outclassed by the strong and well-balanced Cornell team, the University harriers went down to a 42-64 defeat on the Belmont course Saturday. The feature of the race was the running of T. C. McDermott, the Ithacan captain, who, covering the course in 34 minutes, 23 3-5 seconds, came within less than a minute of breaking the record for the course made by Overton of Yale in 1914. J. W. Cambell, also of Cornell, crossed the tape 22 seconds later, leading B. Lewis '20 by a scant three yards...
Smith Halls' tennis team defeated the Standish team for the second time yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-1. As they have already won from Gore once, Smith must defeat the same team but once more to win the Interdormitory championship. This deciding match between Smith and Gore will be played today. The championship team gets five points toward the Interdormitory Trophy, the second team three and the third...
...operation is the byword of a successful business venture; without it the best of projects will fail. So it is with success in football. An enthusiastic cheering section, well drilled in their songs and cheers, is of tremendous value to a team; indifference in the stands leads to defeat on the field. Our co-operation this year has been most lamentable. Ignorance of the songs and cheers, together with that all-too-evident Harvard indifference, is the foundation of our early-season faults. Thursday is the night to learn the songs and cheers. The Union must be crowded...
...Babe" Brown of Annapolis fame, who in 1908 cost the Army team a defeat by his kick from the 45-yard line, heads the list. Others are Archie Craig, also of Annapolis, and Arnold of Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
With one victory to its credit the 1923 team faces its first real test when it meets Groton today on the Groton field. The team has had a stiff week of practice, remedying the faults revealed in the game with Worcester. The Groton team, since its defeat at the hands of Milton last Saturday, has developed considerably but it is doubtful whether the light and inexperienced eleven will be able to withstand the Freshman attack...