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...Rood, 2 M. S., broke the world's amateur record for lifting a dumb-bell, last night at the Hemenway Gymnasium. The previous record of 201 pounds, 5 ounces, was made in 1874 by R. Pennell of New York, who weighed 215 pounds. Rood is 20 years old, is 5 ft. 6 in. in height, and weighs 145 pounds...
...second trial last night he lifted a dump-bell weighing 202 pounds and held it with one arm perpendicularly above his head. After a short rest he put up the same bell weighted to 211 pounds. On this trial, however, although the bell was put up perpendicularly with one arm, Rood, in straightening his body, lost his balance and let the ball fall. The terms of the game say nothing about the straightening of the body, but it has been customary to get to an upright position. It is thought, however, that the latter record will stand. The performance...
...Harvard Golf Club was held yesterday afternoon in Upper Dane at which officers were elected, and a constitution adopted. The officers are: President J. H. Choate '97; secretary and treasurer, J. F. Curtis '99, and an executive committee composed of the president and secretary, ex-officio, Stoughton Bell L. S., F. Curtis '98 and W. B. Cutting '00. A club captain, to take charge of the team, will be elected later on, probably not until playing has begun...
...following men enrolled yesterday as members: R. B. Stone '98, Stoughton Bell L. S., R. J. Dunham '99, R. P. Bellows '99, W. M. Tyler '99, F. R. Plumb '99, E. Dixon '00, J. McD. Campbell '99, J. F. Curtis '99, G. McC. Sargent '99, H. I. Bowditch '98, Conrad Bell '00, T. H. Robbins '99, Arthur Adams '99, G. O. Smith, E. C. Stowell '98, S. Robinson '98, R. M. Barker '98, D. Fairbank '99, J. H. Choate '97, T. B. Gannett, Jr., '97, R. B. Cutting '97, W. B. Cutting '00, F. Curtis '98, H. Binney...
Last evening L. C. Rood of the Medical School fai edio an attempt to break the amateur record in dumb-bell lifting, by putting up a dumb-bell weighing exactly 205 pounds. The record was established in 1874, by R. A. Pennell, in New York, by swinging a bell, weighing 201 1bs., 5 oz., with both hands to the shoulder, and then putting it up with one hand. The gymnasium last night was cold, and Rood was made somewhat nervous by the presence of a hundred spectators. However, he will later try again to break the record...