Word: wind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...captains held a short consultation and then the two teams started to take their positions for the kick-off. Havard had won the toss and chose the western goal with the sun and a slight wind at their backs...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29 - The afternoon here was ideal for football, clear and cold to suit the players, but with a bright sun to make it easier for the spectators. Before the game began, the wind had almost entirely died out, so that neither side had any advantage on that score...
Professor Carpenter said that scholars have disputed as to whether Egyptian religion was polytheistic or monotheistic. The fact is that the subordinate deities were grouped around one central deity. The sun, wind, rain, as well as the great river Nile combined to produce the splendors of Egypt. Among these, the sun, or Ra, was worshipped as the central deity...
...case Harvard wins the toss and has a wind in her favor the first half, the chances will be with her beyond any doubt; for the wind is sure to die down at the close of the half as the sun gets low, and in a wind Brewer can outpunt Butterworth. It sounds a little unreasonable to place the chances of the game on this one circumstance, but the facts bear out such a judgment. The teams are so evenly matched in ordinary play that, leaving the punting out of consideration, they are likely not to score...
Considering the cold weather and strong wind the team practice was rather encouraging...