Word: wet
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday, practice was again held on Holmes Field. The time was spent largely in stick work and in coaching the many new men. As the ground was wet and soft the players had great difficulty in getting about. The squad expects to practice on Soldiers Field sometime next week...
...expected that all the new machinery will be installed in the Rotch Building by the first of the year, and the new metallurgical laboratory will then be ready for use. This machinery will form complete outfits for the reduction of ore by both wet and dry methods. The question now is where to get the ore. It is expected that some will be brought from Nova Scotia...
...watched the last open practice could help noticing the strong, speedy play, in spite of the wet and heavy field. The team is not overstrained and every man on the team is in good physical condition. The best of the available material, therefore, will go into the game with Yale this afternoon and, if beaten, it will only be beaten by a better team...
...further than the second team's thirty yard line. A forty-minute half was played without a stop, and most of the time the ball was in the first team's territory. The backs on the first eleven fumbled on almost every play, without even the excuse of a wet ball, and when they managed to hold it their running was so slow that they were tackled from behind. There was no interference, and several times the runners were knocked down by men on their own team. This poor work is less discouraging, as none of the regular backs were...
...practice yesterday took place in a hard rain which made the field very slippery and difficult to play on. This was good for the team in that it gave the men experience in handling a wet ball, which may be of advantage in important games. For the first ten minutes of the game between the first and second elevens very little fumbling was done, but toward the end it seemed impossible for the backs to handle the ball cleanly. Both teams relied entirely on mass plays and punts, as end running was out of the question. The first team barely...