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...other times the supply of hot water will be curiously erratic, coming for five minutes and then refusing to come for fifteen more. Under ordinary circumstances a man has to wait in line for his bath long enough without having to stand many more minutes on that cold, wet floor while the glow of his exercise is slowly leaving him, all the time waiting for the hot water to come back again. This takes it for granted that he finally gets hot water. When, however, he does not, he has either to take a sudden plunge in the shower bath...
...from the U. of M. Daily is of interest as showing the ardor of the foot ball spirit out West: "The game in the class league, which was scheduled to be played yesterday afternoon between '93 law and the High School eleven, was not played, on account of the wet weather...
...cricket eleven met Yale for the first time at New Haven on Saturday and won the match by 13 runs. The crease was soaking wet when play began, but nevertheless the bowlers, especially Garrett, C. Skinner, and Street did some excellent work. The Yale team went to the bat first and was retired for 28 runs. The feature of the inning was Lineaweaver's drive for 2, and the steady play of Tibbitts and Broatch who stayed in together for about half an hour without making any runs. The Harvard team did not score very fast, but had no great...
Yesterday afternoon the practice race which had been arranged with the Bowdoin crew was rowed over the two mile course used in the class races. The day was wet and cold and a stiff easterly breeze caused very bad water on the exposed stretches. At 4.40 p. m. the two crews succeeded in getting into satisfactory positions and Mr. Richards the referee gave the word to start. Both crews caught the water almost at the same moment, and Bowdoin started off with 40 strokes to the minute, Harvard rowing 36. The difference between the two styles of rowing was very...
Only two men came to the bat in the second Inning. Maegher went out on an infield grounder, and Connor was the fourth man to strike out in the seven at the bat. Wiggin's pitching with the wet ball was really remarkable...