Word: soggyness
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* A remorseless doubles player once had a standard set of pregame excuses printed up on cards and handed them out to his weekend opposition in the form of a check-off list. Among his selections: Sunday-morning hangover; ill-strung racquet; soggy tennis balls.
The coach of the Northeastern women's varsity tennis team was pretty upset yesterday when Radcliffe threw its junior varsity against her charges. Her anger turned to downright embarrasment though, when the 'Cliffe J.V. netters took the match, 4-3, at the soggy Soldiers Field courts.
Playing on a particularly soggy clay court that deadened the bounce of the ball, Radcliffe's number five, Perry Heffelfinger dropped a marathon, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 match to Karen Dunn.
The game was played on a soggy field and under an overcast sky which periodically spilled rain on the players. The temperature was about 45 degrees.
Police were mildly surprised to find a fully clothed gentleman posing for pictures in a Washington, D.C., fountain one morning last week. They were astonished to see the same person half an hour later, this time splashing in the Reflecting Pool on the Capitol Mall. "One of the cops asked...