Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...back stretch of the running track next to the pole will not be in condition for a week. At present all who are training have to run a yard wide...
...Cricket Club is practicing back of Divinity. They will play the University of Pennsylvania June next...
...mister, I'll shack yer fur fi' cents." Indeed, it it almost impossible to play on crowded Jarvis without "shacks" to watch the balls. It is admitted by one and all that this system is a very obnoxious one. It would be quite possible to erect at the back of some courts stop-nets, which would remove all necessity of hiring "shacks." The nets may be obtained at a very cheap rate in any fishing town. Perhaps, however, it would be better to put up wire netting which would last longer, and in the long run be more satisfactory...
...Meets badly, and does not keep good time. Rows his oar out at the finish. Does not get his back and shoulders on well at the beginning of the stroke...
...Breaks up the uniformity of the boat by raising his oar too high on the full reach, and then splashing it into the water. Does not swing over the keel and swings back too far. Does not finish neatly...