Word: raining
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...reaching Arequipa, near which is the observatory, about the last of January. The work will be an extension of the work done here on the Southern stars. Peru is sufficiently far south to get a comprehensive view of the southern stars, and, moreover, being a country with little rain, has a very clear atmosphere. Two new instruments will be carried down, one to photograph a map and the spectrum of the stars, the other to measure their brightness. Photographs will also be taken of clusters and double stars. The expedition will remain there for two years or more; and special...
...very considerable number of spectators stood on Jarvis in a pouring rain yesterday afternoon and watched the foot ball practice. The university eleven showed considerable improvement in team play, though at times the interference was not good. Upton, who has not played for a few days, was out again and did very well. Newell also did good work. The ground was so frightfully wet and slippery, however, that good playing was almost impossible. For the second eleven, Lee and Harding played a remarkably good game...
Harvard had no trouble yesterday afternoon on Hampden Park, Spring-field, in running up 64 points against the Amherst team. Two half-hours were played. The grounds were in excellent condition despite the rain of the previous day. Heffelfinger, Williams and Harvey, of the Yale eleven, witnessed the game, but there were not more than a couple of hundred spectators altogether...
...game yesterday afternoon was played on a slippery field and in a driving rain, but the eleven did better work than it has for some time. The greatest improvement is noticeable in the work of the rush line; the men went at Wesleyan's heavy rushers in a an aggressive way that settled how the game was going from the start. On account of the condition of the field there was a great deal of fumbling, and the ball was often well into Harvard's territory. But at such times the line never failed to force their opponents back. Upton...
...Rain prevented play in the tennis tournament yesterday...