Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...baseball game between the University and Waseda University, scheduled for yesterday but postponed on account of wet grounds, will be played at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Soldiers Field...
...final practice, which was held yesterday afternoon, in preparation for the Intercollegiates, the runners were somewhat hindered by the wet weather, but Coach Bingham put them through their paces in spite of the rain. All the men who are entered in the meet will rest today, except the milers and two-milers, who will have a light workout on the track this afternoon. Trial events in all but the two distance events will be held tomorrow afternoon, and the semi-final and final heats will be held on Saturday. In the field events, all marks made tomorrow will count...
...seconds have just arranged for two more games. One of these will be the contest with Andover, which was scheduled for April 30, but had to be called off on account of wet grounds, to be played tomorrow; the other is against Princeton's second University baseball team, and will be played at Princeton...
Because of the wet track yesterday the track events of the Winter Carnival which were scheduled for yesterday were postponed until today. Because of the change of date the Harvard-Yale Graduates' relay race has been cancelled. All the other events will be run off, however, in the following order: 40-yard dash trials, 40-yard hurdles, 300-yard dash, 1000-yard run, 40-yard dash finals, Crimson-Advocate-Lampoon relay race, mile run, 600-yard run, Interclass relay race...
...unconscious witticisms, in masterly touches of caricature, which produce a fresh burst of laughter at every page; and above all, by the judicious employment of exaggeration, he never fails to achieve the desired effect. One can as easily read his essays without laughing as go swimming without getting wet; the ridiculous twists to his tales, the whimsical matter-of-factness with which he describes his characters and relates events seem to touch a hidden spring in the reader which necessarily provokes mirth...