Word: hand
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Slumps. Fails to draw his hand past his sides. Careless of time. Hangs at times. Must pay better attention. Must keep arms straight...
...Hangs. Doesn't row evenly. Does't keep firm hold with outside hand. Must keep right shoulder down...
...with a heave. The knot is either one or two wraps, though the single wrap is much quicker to use. The double wrap is used when one team desires to hold what it has got, and does wish the knot to slip. The knot is made with the right hand and held in place by the left; if made too far from the body it is of no advantage, as all the slack is lost on the next heave. When one anchor heaves, the other goes back on his toes, bracing his heels together, and then comes forward...
...vanquished the necessity of discipline. The Williams College nine was under the care of two professional trainers for several weeks before the match at Worcester, and the powerful batting of the Lowell nine was the result of faithful attendance at the gymnasium last winter. Success on the other hand blinded the Harvard nine to the necessity of exertion before was too late...
...were looked upon with as much veneration as Allen and Sam Winslow to-day: Flagg, Wright, Parker, Abercromble, Barker, Hunnewall, Davis, Gray, Nelson, Sprague, Miller, (this Nelson, by the way, was the man who used to visit freshmen's rooms and twist the knobs off the doors in his hand. He was the strongest man in college at the time...