Word: chalks
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...hoped that in the fencing contests this year the practice of chalking the tip of the foil, so that it will leave its mark on the adversary's chest, will be given up. The objections are many. In the passages of the by-play and preparatory feints the chalk is often rubbed off the tip so that a succeeding hit leaves no mark at all, or one so indistinct that the judges must run to each adversary, examine his jacket carefully, consult together, and decide as best they can. This running of the judges at every interval...
...costume worn must be a dark fencing jacket and trousers, so that the chalk marks can be easily and plainly seen...
...Walter C. Camp, wife of Yale's most famous foot-ball player, who followed the ups and downs of the game with the same keen interest as her husband, who had been coaching the Yale team. Bob Cook, the Yale oarsman, was also nervously pacing about the chalk line muttering to himself as he saw the Princeton giants jumping on the little Yale men."- N. Y. Herald...
...goode rope's twiste" and pull against an opposing party on the broad ship's deck, of a quiet afternoon. The number of contestants was practically unlimited, and the contest was not decided till one or the other of the opposing parties had been pulled entirely over a chalk-line on the deck. Of course, after a few heaves, if one side began heaving all together, as sailor's heave a rope, the other side was bound to lose...
...gymnasium was in use, the tug of-war teams used to be composed of four men, who, instead of poising for a drop, as to-day, leaned all their weight upon the rope preparatory to a heave. The referee pressed the centre of the rope down upon a chalk-mark on the floor, both teams were told to "get ready," and at the word, the rope was released, and they sprang back with a jump, heaving all together. Whichever team had the most perfect system of heaves generally won, bracing their feet on the rosined floor. Tricks were constantly devised...