Word: wet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...cricket eleven met Yale for the first time at New Haven on Saturday and won the match by 13 runs. The crease was soaking wet when play began, but nevertheless the bowlers, especially Garrett, C. Skinner, and Street did some excellent work. The Yale team went to the bat first and was retired for 28 runs. The feature of the inning was Lineaweaver's drive for 2, and the steady play of Tibbitts and Broatch who stayed in together for about half an hour without making any runs. The Harvard team did not score very fast, but had no great...
Yesterday afternoon the practice race which had been arranged with the Bowdoin crew was rowed over the two mile course used in the class races. The day was wet and cold and a stiff easterly breeze caused very bad water on the exposed stretches. At 4.40 p. m. the two crews succeeded in getting into satisfactory positions and Mr. Richards the referee gave the word to start. Both crews caught the water almost at the same moment, and Bowdoin started off with 40 strokes to the minute, Harvard rowing 36. The difference between the two styles of rowing was very...
Only two men came to the bat in the second Inning. Maegher went out on an infield grounder, and Connor was the fourth man to strike out in the seven at the bat. Wiggin's pitching with the wet ball was really remarkable...
When Finlay's last throw with the hammer was measured last Saturday, the tape, being a cloth one, was wet, and stretched perceptibly when drawn taut. The throw, measured accurately with a steel tape yesterday by Mr. Lathrop, proved to be 108 feet, 9 inches...
...wet on the field by this time that the officials decided that the running high jump had better be contested in the Carey Building. There was only one Yale man in this and he failed to take a place. Fearing and Green had several ties and at last matched for first place, which went to Green. Chaney of Harvard took third place...