Word: armes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...statistics of students at Cornell collected thus far by Dr. Hitchcock, show an average weight of 148 3-5 pounds; average height, 5 feet 7 1.8 inches; chest, full, 36 7-8 inches; chest, repose, 35 3-8 inches; contracted biceps, right arm, 11 5 8 inches; biceps not contracted, 10 1-4 inches; capacity of lungs, 4.416 litres. The chest measurements and lung capacity are above the average of college students...
...Winslow is suffering with a lame arm, the effects of being struck by Gunderson in the last Brown game...
...remarkable steadiness of Mr. Winslow's pitching in yesterday's game is worthy of special mention. His arm was so lame before the game that he was in doubt whether he could pitch at all, and yet in 13 innings he gave only 3 men bases on balls, and did not make a single wild pitch...
...French style, requiring only great strength and flexibility of the wrist. The sword used, spear they call it, is about three feet long, sharpened eight inches on one side, and sixteen inches on the other, with a blunt end. This is grasped in the right hand so that the arm crosses the face diagonally. The hand is protected by a basket hilt of iron, the arm and chest by impenetrable coverings. The left hand is held behind the back. There are only four or five cuts allowed, which, if successful, inflict wounds on the brow, cheek, or chin. The only...
...members of the Yale Bicycle club severely sprained his arm while riding during the recess. A team refused to turn out for him and forced him down a ten feet embankment...