Word: tarps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some of the credit for the dry field must go to the Harvard soccer managers who roiled a tarp over the goal areas Sunday night when it started to drizzle. Walt Tomford '70 and Jim Law '72 pushed the large tarp over the field, a job usually requiring ten men. "It was a hefty job, and I felt pretty good until this morning when my groin muscles really hurt," Tomford said...
Harvard Stadium sat cold and deserted yesterday afternoon, a light green tarp covering the newly laid turf. Rain-laden winds whipped the colonnade...
...rain is expected to end this morning, but cold winds of 25-30 miles per hour are predicted for the afternoon. In any event, the tarp on the field and the new drainage system should keep the turf firm for at least the first half...
...addition, the field will be regraded turtleback" pattern, which calls for a slight rise in the center, gradually away on all sides. The 18 inch parently doesn't bother the football team, but greatly aids in field maintenance. Rainwater which collects on tarp can run off to the sides instead of collecting in the middle...
...firing line at Camp Perry, Ohio, the pigtailed blonde in striped shorts wiggled comfortably into prone position on the tarp, and consulted a makeshift wind gauge built of a bent coat hanger, a spent cartridge shell and a bit of nylon hose. Then, tucking the butt of a .22-cal. Winchester Special into her right shoulder, she began perforating the nickel-sized bull's-eye in the target 50 yds. off. With all this to watch, her male competitors in last week's National Smallbore Rifle Championships could scarcely keep their minds on the range. "Not only...