Word: wind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...certainly to be regretted that the class races and the baseball game this afternoon are in conflict, but this misfortune is unavoidable. It was impossible for the races to be rowed yesterday afternoon, because by the time the wind had died down sufflciently, the tide was too low to admit of a fair race. The crews next the wall would have been in shallow water, and thus at a manifest disadvantage. In addition, the outside crews would have been favored by the full strength of the current. Neither could the races be rowed tomorrow, on account of the dual games...
...annual spring games of the Y. A. A., held April 29, showed the weakness of the team in several events. Most of the records were below the average, but this was partly due to the cold weather and strong wind which prevailed. The loss of several sure point-winners by the scholarship rule weakness the team considerably...
...field events for the Wells Cup were held on Holmes Field. The entry list was large and the games were very successful in spite of the cold day and rather heavy track. The sprints and the hurdle races were run from east to west on account of the wind...
...University crew yesterday afternoon started on a practice four-mile pull, but were swamped after rowing a little over three miles. A strong westerly wind was blowing at four o'clock, but after the launch had been sent down river to make arrangements for having all the bridges raised promptly on a signal from the whistle, it was decided to row in spite of the adverse conditions. The crew paddled up to a point just below the Weld Boat Club house and were started by Mr. Lehmann. They were boated in the following order: Stroke, J. F. Perkins; 7, Goodrich...
...away well and passing the boathouse were well together. Passing the second bridge the force of the wind was felt and the work of the crew suffered accordingly. After shooting the Longwood bridge into the basin the seas began to wash into the boat, and at a point about midway between the Harvard Bridge and the Union Boat Club the barge filled with water and the crew were obliged to swim to the launch. The men were taken immediately to the Union house and driven out to Cambridge from there in carriages. The launch then returned to the submerged barge...