Word: chest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...four o'clock the other candidates come in and practise handling grounders, starting, and sliding to bases. Then after a short run they go through chest-weight and dumbbell work in the gymnasium...
...Trophy Room yesterday afternoon. There were 188 men in all. Mr. Lathrop spoke briefly in regard to the training. His remarks were supplemented by Captain Thompson. The men will be divided into four squads, meeting in the gymnasium at 11, 12, 3.30 and 4.30. The usual dumbbell work, chest weight exercise and runs will constitute the daily work...
...present outlook for the '95 crew is very promising. Nearly all of last year's crew are at present training with the 'varsity squad and seventeen new men appeared at the gymnasium as additional candidates yesterday. The daily program of training consists of work at the chest-weights, dumb-bells, and rowing machines and a short run. All of last year's substitutes will probably try for positions in the boat - Cook, Lambert, and Murchie being among the present candidates...
...follows: Talbot, 168; Weed, 160; Stevenson, 159; Thompson, 171; Smith, 158; Ninde, 145; Kaven, 170 1-2; Potter, 171 1-2; Goodwin, 172 1-2. The men row daily for about three quarters of an hour in the rowing room, take dumb-bell work and exercise on the chest weights with a short run up North Avenue. Ex-captain Perkins is coaching the men and this preliminary work is sure to develop some good material...
...went, curving and twisting through the air for 40 yards, and all the field watched Butterworth as he stood ready for the catch. A shout of joy went up from the Harvard stand when that ball came down, for it struck the Yale full-back fair on the chest and then bounced off again and fell into Hallowell's waiting arms. Harvard's ball again, and now at the centre of the field once more. Brewer was the first Harvard back to run with the ball, but Wallis was ready for him, and he made no gain. Harvard formed...