Word: weather
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice of the University football squad yesterday was the most interesting that has been held, although the excitement of a scrimmage was lacking. The men seemed to work with more snap and vigor, due perhaps to the cooler weather...
...prospects for winning all the races except the University four-oar are fairly good this year. Since going to New London all the crews have shown considerable improvement, especially the University eight. With the warmer weather that has prevailed since the men left the Charles, Coach Wray has been able to make their form much smoother, and has aided them in getting together in a way that was impossible so long as the raw weather continued...
...were called out for spring rowing soon after the mid-year examinations, and since then the squads have been gradually cut down, until the combinations have at last been selected. This year all the Harvard crews have struggled against unusual difficulties in the way of sickness and continued cold weather. The ice was later than usual in leaving the Charles, and even after it finally went, the late winter made rowing decidedly uncomfortable. In regard to sickness, Captain Bacon is the only man that has been in the boat since the season started. Richardson was unable to report at first...
YALE CREW QUARTERS, GALES FERRY, CT., June 12, 1907.--The Yale eight had another time row over the four-mile course about 7 o'clock tonight. The late start was due to the rough weather. The row was upstream with the wind and tide favorable and the course was covered in 22 minutes, 11 seconds. At the two-mile mark, opposite the Navy Yard the freshman eight took up the race one length ahead, and finished a length behind the university crew...
With the departure of the crew for Red Top the final stage of preparation for the Yale race has begun. It cannot be denied that an unusual amount of hard luck has fallen to the lot of the crew authorities this year. Sickness, bad weather, and the difficulty of choosing the best men for certain positions, have all had their share in postponing the final selection of an eight. The Columbia race was unsatisfactory, but in the contest on Lake Cayuga, handicapped though they were, the men showed what they could do on an unfamiliar course, and under adverse conditions...