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Yesterday's downpour delayed the opening of the class football season. On account of the weather most of the prospective candidates failed to appear, only about a dozen men reporting. Consequently the official opening was postponed until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when all men wishing to play class football will report to Coach J. L. Knox '98 of the second team...
...second game at the Andrews Field Stadium. Brown's speedy backs seemed little hampered by a muddy field and drenching downpour. The hardfighting Colby aggregation held the Bruins to one touchdown in the first half, but later the Rhode Island team's fliers ripped through the tired visitors. Keefer, last year's sensation, was at his best and scored two touchdowns, and another pair were made by Edes, 130-pound halfback. The Brown line, though weakened by the loss of an end and two regular guards through injuries, was strong enough to hold Colby to a single first down...
From 3:00 to 7:00 through the heat the multitude gathered into the sylvan theatres near the Washington Monument; the great drought within them was mocked by a downpour of rain. A prayer, a speech or two, and the pounding, pounding rain brought the meeting to a close...
...below Mason and Dixon's line during the Spring trip, the team defeated Williams, Columbia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton in short order. It ran up against unexpectedly stiff opposition from Yale on May 23 and the match ended at a 4 to 4 dead-lock when a downpour of rain interrupted the final doubles match with the score tied at one set apiece between Whitbeck and Ingraham, and Watson and Jones of the Blue...
...rest of the University team, having completed their own matches, left the final score still in the air at 4 to 4. They immediately proceeded to win their first set at 11-9. The second was dropped to the Jones-Watson combination at 4 to 6, when a sudden downpour of rain soaked the courts and ended all thought of further play...