Word: wind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Wind among the Reeds", by W. B. Yeats...
Last Saturday afternoon the first of the hammer-throwing and shot-putting contests was held on Soldiers Field and despite a high wind some very good distances were made, B. T. Stephenson '08 putting the shot 43 feet. Kersburg, however, failed to equal his hammer-throwing of last week, both as regards form and distance...
...season with the second in a six-inning match on the Freshman diamond. Although much drier than heretofore, the field was still very soggy about the pitcher's box and the home plate, making accurate work impossible. The ragged fielding may be partly accounted for by the cold wind which blew across the field. Neither team was aggressive, and both were careless in the execution of the minor details practiced in the Cage. In running bases the men were inclined to be shiftless, and the coaches at first and third bases lacked judgment in directing the plays. The general depression...
...made in the boat. Newhall was moved to 7 from 2, and Fish, who rowed 7 last year in the Freshman crew, was tried at 2. Yesterday the men were given a short, brisk row to the Stillman Infirmary and back. It was extremely cold and a raw wind was blowing, but the work as a whole was satisfactory. The men got their arms away from their bodies quickly, made a hard catch, and carried the stroke through with life...
...practice yesterday consisted in rowing down stream as far as the Longwood bridge and returning to the University boathouse in stretches. As a whole the crew did not row as well as it did on Friday. The extremely cold wind which blew on the river and the changes in the boat probably account for the poorer work. The four-oar crew...