Word: winning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...wish to protest against the tone of your editorial of June 17, in which you say: "It would be a really remarkable performance if the crew should win this year." This editorial, it seems to me, brings out forcibly one of the strongest reasons for Harvard's defeats in the past. We are satisfied with too little from our teams. Our attitude has been too often that of your editorial, when you say of the crew: "All that we have a right to expect of it is for it to make a reasonably good, creditable showing." To be sure...
...also do the crew an injustice. When we have a crew which is by common consent the strongest in years, why discourage their work by telling them beforehand that you do not expect them to win; that it would nothing short of marvellous if they did? They have a right to expect, in return for their hard, unselfish work, the implicit confidence of the University, and this, it seems to me, your editorial fails to give...
...University toward the crew are based on a misunderstanding of the spirit in which that editorial was written. No attempt was made to excuse a defeat before it was received, nor was the ability of the crew underrated. Indeed we believe that Harvard has a better chance to win the boat race this year than for many years past. But we also think that there has been a too general idea that the crew would win this year as a matter of course; and, believing that over-confidence has been a fruitful cause of previous defeats, we simply wish...
...ball game with Yale this afternoon is hopeful and even encouraging. If the Nine plays the game of which it is capable, and if it receives the thorough support of the undergraduates, we have every reason to expect a victory. The ability of the men to play winning ball against a strong team has already been shown in the second Princeton game. And, when they realize that they have the entire confidence of the University in their power to win this afternoon, we believe that they will rise to the occasion again and defeat Yale...
...handicap games held yesterday afternoon on Irvington Oval, Harvard's six entries failed to win a point, although Grant ran a good race in the mile, in which he finished fourth...