Word: downpour
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game with Cornell, which was to have been played on Saturday afternoon at Ithaca, was cancelled on account of the rain. It rained all the morning, but began to clear about 3 o'clock, and the Cornell team started practicing in the field. At 4 o'clock, however, the downpour resumed. After watching the Cornell interscholastic track meet, the team had an early dinner, and took the 6.18 train for Boston, where it arrived yesterday shortly after noon...
...university team, on the other hand, showed weaknesses in the events in which it was thought to be the strongest, as for instance the quarter and half-mile. As a result of the hard rains during the past week the track was rather heavy and slow, and a downpour, which came just before the 220-yard hurdles and 220-yard dash were run off, left the track in very poor condition and caused slow time in these two events...
...forcibly before the members of the team that the College is with them. Every fellow who was on last year's squad will never forget that great show of spirit in the Stadium on the last day of practice last year, when about 800 men turned out, notwithstanding the downpour of rain. If we could have two or three meetings a week in the Stadium at which songs and cheers were practiced, and as many fellows down to watch practice on other days as possible, it seems to me that more would be accomplished in the way of encouragement than...