Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...increased towards spring. All these men are fairly familiar with the game, but it remains to be seen whether there are among them more than the usual proportion of good players. The training at present will consist of light work in the gymnasium on the chest-weights and with dumb-bells, but it will be impossible to do any heavy work in the cage on account of the conflict made with the hours of the 'Varsity nine. The training for the first few weeks will not be at all severe, it being Mr. Cady's plan...
...purpose of the captain to pay more attention than has usually been done to the training of the candidates with dumb-bells, chest-weights, etc., and daily work will be required of the men as in other branches of athletics...
...first exhibition of the Boston Athletic Association was held last Thursday evening, at which over 500 members were present. The exhibition consisted of a dumb-bell drill by a squad of sixteen from the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, followed by an exhibition on the vaulting or German horse. After this came a class exhibition on the parallel bars, which was followed by an exhibition of Indian club swinging and juggling by D. J. Conroy, of the Y. M. C. A. The next event was a wand drill by sixteen members of the Boston Turn Verein, which...
...gymnasium presents a very lively appearance on afternoons at present. Squads of men are seen exercising in different parts of the building-some at the chest-weights and others with the Indian clubs, dumb-bells, etc.; in fact things begin to look decidedly business-like. The Mott Haven candidates are working regularly every afternoon, and also the football squad, which is now very large, is diligently at work under the supervision of Captain Cumnock and Mr. Lathrop. It is the purpose of the managers to let the men work together for a while and learn just what they...
...football, whether he has played before or not, is expected to join this squad. The work will not be too vigorous-no more than everyone would do of his own accord. The squad will meet dressed and ready for exercise at 4.15 every afternoon. The men will go through dumb-bell and parallel-bar exercise, and will work in a general way with the ladders and chest-weights. The exercises will end with work with the large shot. The squad will be through by 5 o'clock. Captain Cumnock will be on the lookout for everyone who can be made...