Word: wind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class games were held yesterday afternoon on Holmes field in the presence of three hundred people. There was little wind, the track was in good condition, and had the temperature been a few degrees higher, the conditions for fast time would have been perfect. The following is a complete list on the entries and winner of each event...
...very light. The men on both nines played well though several showed the lack of practice. The features of the game were the difficult running catches of Wood and Crosby. The batting was weak and the base running sometimes careless. Very fine playing was made difficult by the cold wind, nevertheless the game as a whole was above the average of class games. Appended is the score...
...find a knowledge of the violin and singing useful. Besides these accomplishments a musical education should include a knowledge of the theory of music, which is taught here, and a physiological study of the throat and hands is important. It is inadvisable to make a specialty of string or wind instruments, for a man who does so will have to compete with foreigners, who have given all their attention to their instruments, and will play for less than Americans can afford to. Playing on the pianoforte does not require so much time as the violin, and the best authorities consider...
...spite of a strong wind yesterday afternoon, the races of the Canoe Club took place at the time and place advertised. The course was about a quarter of a mile in length, beginning a few rods above the lower bridge, thence passing up past the boat house, around a stake a short distance below the upper bridge and finishing in front of the boat house...
...freshman nine played a match game with Tech. '91 last Saturday afternoon, and were defeated by a score of 13 to 10. The grounds were in wretched condition and there was a strong wind blowing in toward home plate which prevented heavy batting. As may be seen by the score, the nine is very weak at the bat, and it will take hard individual work to bring them up to the necessary standard. The only feature of the game was the pitching of Oxford, who held the freshman down to four scattering hits in nine innings. In the fifth inning...