Word: rains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...chilling rain combined with a muddy field made practice for the Freshman football team particularly hard yesterday afternoon. Tuesday's program was repeated with the exception of the usual scrimmage, which was prevented by the dangerous condition of the ground. The backs were given a long drill in receiving punts while the linemen were again instructed in defensive tactics and low charging. The substitutes then lined up against the first team for a short dummy scrimmage, after which the second team took its turn against the first; considerable attention was given to forward passes and line shift plays. Afterwards...
...second university football team defeated the Brown second Saturday afternoon by the score of 11 to 0. The game began shortly after 2.30 o'clock, in a drizzling rain which made the handling of the ball very difficult. Harvard's heavier team had a decided advantage under the conditions, but its superior team work showed that on a dry field the score would probably have been greater. In the first period Harvard secured the ball on a fumbled punt by Brown and rushed it down to the 2-yard line. The period ended here, but in the first play...
...Freshman football team had little difficulty in defeating Phillips Andover Academy at Andover Saturday afternoon by the score of 21 to 0. The game was played under most unfavorable weather conditions, a heavy rain falling during the entire contest. Andover was weakened by the loss of Jones, Mahan, and van Brookline, and her light line could do nothing against the heavier Freshman forwards. The Freshman line played well, opening up large holes for the backs...
...matches scheduled yesterday in the fall tournament for the University singles and doubles championship in tennis were postponed on account of rain. These matches will be played off today according to the times given in yesterday's and Tuesday's CRIMSON, with the exception that the match between D. Kimball '15 and W. W. Whitney '15 and R. H. Ernst 2G. and W. T. Fisher '13 will be played off at 2.30 instead of 4 o'clock, and the match between P. E. Callanan '13 and J. W. White '13 and C. B. Alling 3L. and M. Lightner 3L. will...
...Rain interfered with the hard practice scheduled for the Freshman squad yesterday. A long blackboard talk was given by Coach Dewey, in which he out lined new plays and formations. Then the squad went out under the Stadium and ran through signals for an hour and a half. A run around the field completed the afternoon's work...