Word: wet
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman eleven had two short practice line-ups yesterday afternoon, one against the second Freshman team and the other against the Seniors. There was a decided improvement in team work and, though the ground and ball were wet, there was little fumbling. The defensive work against the lighter second team was excellent, but the line did not hold together well against the Seniors, who made some substantial gains through tackle and guard. Later on, however, with the ball in their possession, the Freshman eleven started more quickly and pushed steadily down the field by means of line plunges. The interference...
...Blearys won the third straight game in the fall baseball series from the Skeletons yesterday by the score of 18 to 11. By winning the series the Blearys get the cups presented by F. A. and A. H. Eustis '01. The game was played very loosely owing to the wet weather, but was, however, the best of the series. The Skeletons especially made a great many errors and it was chiefly due to this that the Blearys won out in the last three innings...
...spite of the wet weather the Freshman practice yesterday was lively and accurate. The team first played against the Quadequinas, one of the scrub teams. After some sharp offensive work, the Freshmen pushed Leatherby over the line for a touchdown. The scrub team then took the ball and not only were they unable to gain, but they were steadily pushed back by the superior work of the Freshmen...
After the preliminary practice the first and second elevens lined up on the western scrub football field for two ten-minute halves. The wet and slippery field prevented accurate playing and the ball was fumbled back and forth between the two elevens. The only encouraging features of the practice were the way the men kept their feet and the good work of the interference in helping the runners along when tackled...
...speaking of the work of the Harvard Observatory in the department of stellar photography, Professor Pickering briefly went over some of the facts in its development. The first photographs that were made of the stars were taken fifty years ago by Professor George R. Bond, with wet plates. Seventeen years ago Professor Pickering began obtaining appropriations for further experiments in the same direction, and successive good results have made the investigations very large. Photographic telescopes have been employed at Arequipa, Peru, and at Cambridge, and in the former place two tons of glass in the form of photographic plates have...