Word: weather
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Besides battery work in the cage and batting and fielding outdoors, work yesterday afternoon consisted of a long drill in base-running and in coaching runners from first and third bases. The men progressed satisfactorily considering the cold weather and worked with good spirit...
...clock. It has been found impossible to postpone this race to allow the winner of the interclub class race to compete for the class championship, because on Thursday the tides will make the rowing in the basin impracticable and Friday is so near the vacation that bad weather on that day would cause indefinite postponement...
...which easily loses its shape and wears off, a heavy, durable buckram binding will be used. The paper is more flexible, of a much better quality and better suited to half-tone engraving than heretofore. In previous yeas the cuts have been made by the gelatine process, with which weather conditions are apt seriously to interfere. This year, however, all the engraving work is of the very best half-tone quality; the improvement can easily be seen by comparing the cuts in the old album with those in the "dummy" both of which are at Notman...
...Vermont game, scheduled for last Saturday but cancelled on account of unfavorable weather, will be played at 4 o'clock tomorrow on Soldiers Field if the condition of the temporary diamond permits. Regular practice will be held this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock...
...usual batting, fielding and battery practice and two scrub games, the second of which was played yesterday afternoon. In seven innings the first team defeated the second team by a score of 7 runs to 2. The play on both sides was extremely listless, owing to the cold weather, which has retarded the work all through the week. During the first part of the game the pitchers showed fair speed and control but the batting was poor. Throughout the game the base-running was discouraging, as the men watched the ball instead of running hard. In fielding, the work...