Word: wind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...strong wind which blew across the field was largely responsible for the poor showing made by both teams. Each man shot at fifty birds thrown at unknown angles. The individual scores were as follows: 1903. 1905. P. Bancroft, 22 H. R. Colson, 25 E. E. du Pont, 32 M. Tilden, 9 H. L. Corbett, 31 W. M. Tilden, 22 Total, 85 Total...
...three days' practice the crew rowed a beautiful race and were three-fourths of a length in the lead and still going away at the 3 1-4 miles, when Harding collapsed, knocked out by sunstroke. The race was rowed at 1.30 p.m., under a fierce sun and no wind. Harding had a slight sunstroke four years previously. He will always have what is known as a sensitive head, but apparently is otherwise none the worse for his experience...
...Club defeated the Middlesex gun club on their grounds at East Lexington yesterday morning by the score of 185 to 148. Owing to the high wind and extreme cold the shooting was not very good. The scores of each team follow: HARVARD. MIDDLESEX. Hilliard 41 Sawyer 31 Bancroft 39 Dennison 31 Phelps 36 Cake 33 Colson 35 Knowlton 19 DuPont 34 Burton 34 Totals...
...third number of the Advocate contains six stories and four unusually good poems. The sonnet, "To Omar," is marked by a beauty of imagery and a musical rhythm which give it rank as one of the best poems the Advocate has published for a long time. "The West Wind," by A. D. Ficke, "The Light of Summer," by Roy Pier and "October," by "L. W." are all good; the first two, at least, are above the average verse of college magazines...
Kernan punted 25 yards against the wind out of bounds at midfield. Weymouth made 6 yards through right tackle, and then 2 yards through the other tackle. Hart did not gain and DeSaulles made a quarterback kick of 20 yards to Marshall, who ran from his 15 yard line to Yale's 45 yard line...