Word: wet
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dartmouth failed to run up as large a score against Williams as it has done against its previous opponents this year, the final result of 21 to 0 was by no means discouraging. The one apparent weakness was in Dartmouth's inability to gain through open plays, but a wet and slippery field greatly hampered successful dodging...
...University football team will meet the Amherst eleven in the fourth game of the season on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Last year Amherst was defeated, 11 to 0, but the field was so wet and slippery that the score did not slow the comparative merits of the teams, the University goal-line never being in danger at any stage of the game...
...disagreeable drizzle which fell yesterday afternoon gave the University football team its first practice with a wet ball and a slightly treacherous field. But as there are yet no scrimmages, the squad not even being divided into sections, there was no special attention paid to teaching the men to handle themselves on a slippery field. Work was confined to the most fundamental practice with the dummies, medicine ball, and bucking machine, except for the ends and backs, who were given a long drill in punting, catching, forming interference, and getting down the field under punts. This sort of training will...
Five University crews and seven Freshman crews wet out on the river yesterday. It was a trifle windy but on the whole the water was very good. The University crew did not row together well and seemed to hang at the catch; but this is to be expected so early in the season...
...tried the next day. So far there has been very little attempt to develop one set of eleven men, but Coach Cavanaugh has a list of exceedingly strong second-string men. In the game with Colby on Saturday the team suffered greatly from penalties, and humbles on the wet field prevented any accurate estimate of the true strength of the backfield. Hogsett at quarterback has shown the greatest improvement during the last week...