Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...warm day last summer a New York World-Telegram rewrite man became slightly silly while reading a weather report, stuck a piece of paper in his typewriter and wrote: "Today is a nice day." This got into the paper, and next thing the Telegram's city room knew, people were calling up to offer congratulations. Since then the World-Telegram has run a gag story on the weather every two or three days, and they have become the big town's richest newspaper chuckle. Sample...
...weather is clear and track fast, two Harvard records may have fallen when the sun sets behind the stadium. George Downing, who has been heaving the shot consistently over 48 feet, may well crack Johnny Dean's 1933 mark of 48 ft., 10 1/4 inches. And Don Donahue is conceded an outside chance to pare the 220 low hurdle record, not bettered since Joseph G. Willis '02 covered the furlong stretch...
Washington 6, Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 4, Cleveland 2; Chicago 2, Detroit 1, (13 innings); New York at Boston postponed, cold weather...
Chicago 5, Cleveland 1; St. Louis 6, Detroit 7; Philadelphia at New York postponed, rain. Washington at Boston postponed, cold weather and wet grounds...
Although many new plays have been learned during the week, Skip does not expect that there will much opportunity to put them into service. With two weeks of outdoor practice in fairly suitable weather behind them, the Crimson have been able to develop and are no longer the raw material of the spring trip...