Word: weather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...account of the bad weather, the freshman nine did not go to Andover Saturday...
Although the management of the Tennis Association has opened the gravel courts for the season, the unsatisfactory state of the weather has kept men from using them. Not half the courts are in use and the men who do go out play in such a halfspirited way that it is plain that they are forcing the tennis season at the expense of their own comfort. Sweaters are the order of the day rather than jerseys. The courts on Jarvis Field are not occupied, and only those around Holmes show any life. The turf courts will not be ready for some...
...soon as the weather is settled, it is to be hoped that all those who have had any experience in the game will come out and show what they are worth. Doubtless, there is much good material in Harvard now, which only needs practice to bring it into prominence...
...spite of the chilly weather, nearly four hundred people turned out to watch the base-ball game yesterday afternoon between Harvard and Dartmouth, on Jarvis Field. They were rewarded by seeing one of the closest games played in Cambridge for years, in which good plays and costly errors mingled. The game was called at 3 p. m. Harvard went first...
...beautiful days of last week, succeeding the stormy weather, were thoroughly appreciated by the rowing men, and the crews got in considerable good work. Everything is now in running order at the boat house, the floats are adjusted, and from four until six o'clock daily five crews may be seen on the river. The crews as a whole did better work, as soon as they took to the water, than is usual, owing to the fact that there are comparatively few entirely new men. The eights are now pretty definitely picked out, and there will doubtless be little change...