Word: wind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...account of the high wind on Saturday, the trial heat of the 440-yard handicap competition was postponed until today at 4 o'clock. The winner will hold the Wells cup for one year. The following nine men with handicaps qualified in the trials Thursday: K. B. Day '11, Guild '10, 15 yds,; M. Steinhart '11, 15 yds.; H. Watson '10, 3 yrds.; W. F. Whither...
With only eight days of actual practice on the Charles left before the Annapolis race, the University eight was put through a short but hard drill yesterday afternoon. The river was very rough, and the wind dead ahead upstream, but Coach Wray demanded a high stroke. On the first sprint the stroke was rapidly put up to 33 to the minute, and in the stretch extending from below the Stillman Infirmary to the boathouse it was raised to 36. The crew showed even better form with a high stroke than with a low, although it tended naturally to clip...
...handicap high jump competition, scheduled for yesterday, has again been postponed on account of the high wind. Provided the weather is favorable, it will be held in the Stadium, Monday at 4 o'clock. Entries may still be made with Coach Quinn any time before 12 o'clock Monday at the Locker Building...
Haverford gained the lead at the start and kept the ball near the Harvard goal until Lewis, against a strong wind, made the only goal of the game. The second half was slower and rougher than the first, with the ball generally in Harvard's territory...
...verse much might be said. It is marked by individual, poetic yearning and by meagre achievement. Thus "Browning," by B. G. Brawley, is vast in its way, but gets its being from a figure obviously more suited to Swinburne--one of mingled sea and wind. "Sea-Poems," by J. H. Wheelock, are scarcely more successful, owing to the writer's tendency to be, fussy with his imagery, and to gasp whenever the mood requires powerful inarticulacy. "Nineveh," by J. S. Miller, Jr., has an ingenious conceit, well worked...