Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...respective muscles, yet there are many exceptions, and the measurements have to be confirmed by an actual strength test. These trials were made by means of three spring-dynamometers, a spirometer, manometer, a pair of suspended rings and a set of parallel bars. The tests were limited to the back, legs, chest, upper arm and fore-arm. Before summing up the result of the arm of chest tests, the number of times that a person had lifted himself either way was multiplied into a tenth of his weight; the object being to credit each person with the number of foot...
Amherst-Rushers, Ripley, Crocker, Howard, Smith, Houghton, Porter, Goodrich; quarter-back, Phillips; half-backs, Stearns and Wilcox; full-back, Storrs...
Harvard.- Smith and Farnum, ends; Carpenter and Piper, tacklers; Woodman and Markoe, guards; Brainard, centre; Perry and Brewer, half-backs; Noble (captain), full-back...
...foot-ball game last Saturday, Williams had the choice of sides, and Yale took the kick-off against the wind. Yale began by using its heavy rush line, and soon drove Williams back. After a few short runs, Beecher takes the ball, and, by good dodging, gains the first touchdown in about five minutes. On the kick-off Williams is unable to advance, so that on the fourth down Yale has the ball, and Beecher, after a long run, carries the ball again over the line. Goal. When the ball comes out, Roland loses it. Beecher makes...
...second half begins with a run by Roland, but Yale forces Williams to take ball back on the fourth down, and Rhodes scores. Yale has the ball again on four downs and Graves runs, but Orcutt stops him. The ball is then thrown out to Morrison, who runs over the line. Hotchkiss makes runs, as does Kimball, but Williams is forced to kick and Beecher gets the ball and scores. Score, 56-0. On Williams fourth down, Beecher gets the ball and carries it over again with the aid of the rush line. Goal. Score, 62 0. Williams tries...