Word: wind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Saturday afternoon the Freshman first crew rowed a time trial upstream over the mile and seven-eights course from the Union Boat Club to the Longwood bridge. There was a strong head wind and the water was choppy so that no remarkable time was made, although the crew went over the course in 11 minutes and 27 seconds which may be considered satisfactory under the existing conditions...
...baseball game scheduled with Bates for yesterday was cancelled early in the afternoon, owing to the softness of the regular diamond and the high wind. Most of the first team accompanied the Bates squad to the American League game on Huntington avenue. All the men were given a much needed lay-off after the hard week's work in the South in the hope of getting them in first class condition for the Dartmouth game on Saturday...
...track, which froze Thursday night, was rather soft yesterday, and although there was practically no wind, the weather was too cold for good times in most of the events. The best time under the existing conditions was made in the 220-yard dash by L. P. Dodge '08, who did the distance by L. P. Dodge '08, who did the distance in 22 3-5s. W. M. Rand '09 showed his usual form in the hurdles, and won both events in good style...
...Middlesex Gun Club defeated the University Shooting Club on Soldiers Field on Saturday afternoon by a score of 207 to 162, out of a possible 250. Daggett, of Middlesex, had the best score with 47 out of a possible 50. The high wind made good scoring difficult...
...team B of the University baseball squad in a close 7-inning game yesterday afternoon on the Freshman diamond by the score of 2 to 1. the game was fast from start to finish and was exceedingly well played, in spite of the roughness of the ground. A strong wind blew against the batters and spoiled many balls that would ordinarily have fallen safe. Three pitchers were used on each team and they all did well. Team B did better fielding with two errors against three for team A, but one of the two was a bad overthrow which resulted...