Word: rains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perhaps a memory of the pond in the Stadium last fall, inspired the Blue coaches to hold a long practice on Wednesday, when the field was drenched by rain. Conditioning, signal drill, and fundamentals have been stressed so far. Dummy tackling, kicking, and a little practice in breaking through have completed the program. Regular scrimmage between tentative first and second teams is to begin next week...
When the tattooed man and the Circassian beauty were still listed among the "wonders of nature," and when darcdevils won fame by walking tight ropes across the Niagara River, walrus mustaches were prominent wherever cornerstones were laid or a political barbecue was damaged by rain...
Early rounds were attended by heavy rain, postponements and several unforeseen results. George Lott Jr., of Chicago, national junior champion, reached the fourth round at the expense of R. Norris Williams (just elected non-playing captain of the U. S. Davis Cup team), Willard Crocker (captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team), and A. H. Chapin, hardy perennial of many title matches. John Hennessey, Indianapolis "cyclone," a player with no national ranking, whipped French Jean Borotra...
...RAIN-Jeanne Eagels has returned from a European vacation to continue her sermon against the relentless missionary of Pago Pago...
Atlanta sent a scout, one C. B. Bidwell, over to find how it was done. On the first evening of his visit, rain deluged the city at seven o'clock. At eight, he went to the auditorium, found 5,000 people there, heard the light opera The Lilac Domino finely performed. The scout returned to Atlanta and reported to his chief, Asa G. Candler, Coca-Cola man. The latter was astounded by the revelations he received...