Word: wetting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...push ball game which was to have been played between the halves of the Michigan game Saturday, did not take place because of the wet weather. It was feared that the steel rivets with which the ball is constructed would be badly rusted, and the ball thus injured. It is stated that a canvass ball without rivets will probably be made, which it will be possible to use in wet weather...
Michigan places her hope of victory on the long experience of her men and upon their heavy weight, while Harvard's chief hope of victory lies in the superiority of the coaching which has been received by her players. Under these conditions a wet day will give Michigan a very great advantage while a dry day will put the teams more on an equal footing...
...sure there were the umbrella racks, but there was nobody to check one's umbrella, and even if there had been, where was one to put one's ulster or one's goloshes. The authorities in charge of the concerts surely do not expect the audience to sit on wet coats and capes during the concert, and there is hardly room to put them elsewhere but under one in the theatre...
...records were low owing to the wet condition of the track and field...
...second. An error by Maroney in the fifth let them fill the base and they made 4 of their 6 hits in that inning, tieing the score. But Gregory, who had struck out six in the first four innings, lost control of the wet ball and Holy Cross put in a few well-timed hits. Powers made a home run. The score...