Word: wet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Although groundskeepers covered the Stadium sward with canvas last night, the rain which weather forecasters say will continue throughout today may eventually mean slippery footing and a wet ball--which would hurt Valpey's precise, ballet-like single wing spinners and pitchouts more than it would affect Hickman's straight-ahead T attack...
...boosted the wet cause. Thousands of factory workers and servicemen imported bootleg liquor from Missouri. Kansas boys, raised on lemonade, went away to war, learned there was something more exhilarating, came home demanding more of the same. Bootleggers rejoiced and multiplied; bonded liquor went to $16 a fifth...
...than moral. Repeal won. The amendment, banning the saloon but enabling the legislature to provide for package sale of liquor, passed by 60,000 votes. There was still a chance that the legislature would reverse this triumph in the spring. But by vote of the people, Kansas had voted wet, leaving Oklahoma and Mississippi the nation's only remaining dry states...
Working out of their single wing spinner formation, the Deacons wasted no time scoring. They took the ball at midfield and crunched away at the guards for consistent gains, finally sending Tailback Willie Thompson around end for the touchdown. Jacques Winter successfully place-kicked the wet ball for the extra point...
PLAINFIELD, N.J., Nov. 5--"If it rains, it will be wet on both sides of the line of scrimmage," Art Valpey said here tonight at the Crimson's base of operations for tomorrow's collision with Princeton. Since both teams will work from a similar formation, predicted rainfall will probably not work to either team's advantage...