Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spite of the warm weather yesterday, the football practice was lively, and, on the whole, satisfactory. A good deal of time was spent by Lewis in perfecting the guards-back plays of the second, and as a result, Barnard and Wheeler were very successful in running with the ball. The new defense, however, recently adopted by the 'Varsity, was often very effective in breaking up the plays...
...annual fall regatta of the Weld boat club was held yesterday afternoon under excellent weather conditions. The course for all the races was a third of a mile straightaway from the first turn of the river above the Boylston street bridge to a point about a hundred yards from the bridge...
Owing to the wet weather and the poor condition of the courts none of the matches scheduled for yesterday could be played. They will be played off today, with the following changes...
...fall baseball practice has now been going on for about two weeks, and in the favorable weather which has prevailed, a great deal of good work has been accomplished with the new material. Owing to the large number of men who have come out, the squad has been divided into four nines, with substitutes. Two nines play regular games against each other on alternate days, substituting players until each man has been given a chance. In this way the men get the best kind of training, that of experience in actual play on the field...
Yesterday's practice lacked the usual dash and snap. This was due in part to the weather, but more particularly to the presence of several new men on the team. Baldwin, the Freshman quarterback, played the greater part of the one half of about ten minutes. He passed with a fair degree of accuracy, was effective as an interferer and keyed the eleven up to fast offensive football. Peyton, also, who completely outclassed Swain in Thursday's practice, was tried at right tackle on the first eleven in Lawrence's place. He is a valuable man on the defense...