Word: wind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University shooting team was defeated by the Pale Face Shooting Association last Saturday on Soldiers Field by the score of 212 to 206. A cross wind prevented accurate shooting by either team. B. M. Higginson '10 and Edwards, of the Pale Face Association, were high men for their respective teams, with 45 birds each...
...scrimmage for the football-squad yesterday afternoon was considerably longer than on the day before. In the two games played, no team was able to score, but there was a marked improvement in the playing. There was much less fumbling, in spite of the strong wind...
...practice half-mile scratch race scheduled for yesterday afternoon was postponed on account of the high wind. This race, which is open to candidates for the University and Freshman teams, will be held on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock, in conjunction with the mile scratch race for Freshman candidates. These trial contests are under the supervision of Coach Donovan. All men who are practicing in these events are expected to report without fail...
During the week the University and Freshman crews, have been out regularly, but the wind has been so high that most of the work has been done upstream, although the University crew took a long row in the basin on Wednesday. On Tuesday there was a second cut in the University squad, two eights being retained. The work of the crew has been harder this week in view of the fact that the race with Columbia comes on April 17. The boat has a tendency to rise and fall instead of gliding smoothly and evenly, and Coach Wray has been...
...University association football team defeated Princeton at Princeton yesterday afternoon by the score of 1 to 0. The game was close and exciting throughout, but, owing to a high wind, the shooting of both teams was inaccurate. Harvard's defence was especially good and it was chiefly due to their excellent work that the Princeton forwards were unable to score...