Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Jamaica Plain Gun Club team at the Shooting Club's grounds at Watertown. It will be remembered that a short time ago the Jamaica Plains were victorious on their grounds, and the third and deciding match, which is to take place at Jamaica next Thursday, will be looked forward to with interest by all lovers of the shot-gun. In the match Saturday, Harvard took the lead in the first round, and maintained it to the end. The shooting by Palmer and Clyde was remarkably good. The conditions of the match were: Team of 6 men each, each...
...University of Pennsylvania to our freshmen for a race at New London, is deserving of careful consideration, especially after the unexpected course of the Harvard navy management has rendered it probable that there will be no race this year with the Harvard freshmen. The challenge is a straight-forward one, fully approved by our navy management and should be accepted without hesitation by the freshman class. We need mention only the chief reason for its acceptance and we feel sure it will suffice. A well-trained freshman crew has become indispensable for developing men for the University boat, a fact...
...obviously incorrect. For instance, it is recorded that the Grecian Phallos, with the aid of the "Halteeres" leaped a distance of 55 feet. "Halteeres" were something similar, to our dumb bells, which the Greeks held in their hands while leaping. They put their hands back, and, swinging them forward with a sudden motion, took the leap. There is no doubt thert use enabled them to jump further than they could have done without them. This has been proved by experience, 29 feet 7 inches having been covered in 1854 by an athlete with weights in his hands, whereas the "record...
...upon the charges against Williams seems to have been rather hasty, even if the facts as stated by Mr. Allen are viewed in the light most unfavorable for Williams. Mr. Allen's communication refers to the second of the charges only, and as no evidence has yet been brought forward to support the first charge, it would seem strange that the CRIMSON should consider it sustained. It is true that the statement in Tuesday's issue proves nothing, but it is no less true that Williams is not called upon to do more than deny the charges until something more...
...slow in starting forward. Should keep his knees well together. Settles at the finish. Fails to keep a good hold with his outside hand. Is apt to row out and must watch the time...