Word: downpour
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...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...
...teams practiced in a drizzling shower which increased during the third and fourth innings into a steady downpour. There was an understanding that the five innings should be played, rain or no rain, and so the game was not stopped. In the fifth the rain stopped and this allowed the full game to be played...
Notwithstanding the downpour of rain last evening, Sanders Theatre was well filled by a highly appreciative and enthusiastic audience which had gathered to listen to Ex-Governor John D. Long, and Senator Hawley of Connecticut. John L. Dodge, the president of the club, introduced Governor Long, the first speaker, who began by saying: "I feel as if I were to make my commencement address; I wish I were." He followed by making a strong appeal to all young men, especially college men, in favor of the Republican party; spoke of it as the party of original thought and ideas; dwelt...
...barges would be in readiness to convey into town all who wished to go, and the hour for starting was fixed at 8.45. During the time that the men were waiting for the barges, the disagreeable drizzle that had lasted all the afternoon changed into a constant and heavy downpour, but nothing daunted, nearly 300 men prepared to make the trip to town. On the arrival of the teams, it was found that there were accommodations for less than two-thirds of the crowd assembled, and a lively scramble for places ensued, resulting in a resort to the horse cars...