Word: downpour
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting, was to have been preceeded by a formal procession from the Yard but a downpour of rain prevented. As a result, the student body formed in Memorial Hall and marched directly to their seats in Sanders Theatre. The President,, the Corporation and the Board of Overseers, and the members of the Faculties, formed in the main hallway, where they received the noted guest and his party shortly after 4 o'clock...
...steady drizzle which had been going on throughout the contest became a heavy downpour at the beginning of the ninth inning. Andover scored twice in the first half of the inning, but Umpire Pendleton was forced to call off the contest in the last of the ninth, when the Freshmen had two men on base, and no outs...
...terrific downpour of rain alone prevented Yost's charges from running up a much larger score against the southerners. Displaying latent versatility Michigan abandoned the open play that has featured her football this year, and humbled her opponents by plunges through the line and outside of the tackles. Maulbetsch, left halfback, crashed through Vanderbilt's defence, time and time again, ripping open her line for long consistent gains. Michigan's attack was stopped once at the twenty-yard line, whereupon Splawn dropped over a pretty field goal...