Word: luck
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard team played in very hard luck; their fielding was generally good and their batting hard, but Dartmouth's few hits all counted for runs. For Harvard, Winslow and Stevenson played well in the infield while Hayes made some good catches. Highlands pitched a steady and effective game and Scannell caught him well. For Dartmouth the battery did excellent work and McCormack made two home runs. The score...
...Games in Mechanics Hall Saturday night. The Harvard men as a rule showed up well and succeeded in winning more points than any other club. By far the most interesting event of the evening was the Harvard-Pennsylvania team race, which Harvard lost solely through hard luck. The first three relays by L. T. Hildreth '96, W. H. Vincent '97, and N. W. Bingham '95, gave Harvard a big lead which E. Hollister '97 increased until he broke the spikes on his running shoes and fell on the second corner. When he had picked himself up and started...
While the football season just closing seems at first thought to have been a most disastrous one for Harvard, we do not believe that it will prove such in the long run. Our team has been beaten twice; - the first time largely by luck, the second time by distinctly superior playing. Nevertheless, we believe we never stood in a more favorable light before the public than at present. Feeling against the "anything to win" policy has grown very strong, and the sooner that policy is abandoned the better for amateur sport everywhere...
...Hard Luck Follows Harvard to the Very End. Score...
...this year. We cannot be too grateful to Captain Emmons, Dr. Brooks, Mr. Deland, Lewis, and the other coaches for their untiring efforts this year. They have done their best and that has been wonderfully well. The team was one of the best that has ever represented Harvard, but luck has been against it. Now let every Harvard man stand by the team loyally and show them and the world that we appreciate their efforts, thank them for their work, and are prepared to support them heartily another year...