Word: leans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...four oared barge race between fat men and lean men, three quarters of a mile...
...long standing, would it be in us to refrain from securing what advice was possible from professionals who make oarsmanship their means of livelihood? Probably not. Certainly while rowing had a precarious existence at American colleges, and there was no large body of graduate oarsmen on whom to lean for advice and from whom to beg the arduous and ungrateful services of a "coach." it was only human that professionals should be paid to look after the stroke and diet of the crews. Professionals were at least kept out of the boat. There is no record like that...
...regatta of the Yale Boat Club held on Lake Salt-onstall, on Saturday, were as follows:1, single-scull race for Cleaveland Cup; 2, four-oared barge race: D. K. E. vs. Psi U; 3, single scull race for Dunham Cup: 4, four-oard barge-race, fat men vs. lean men; 5, class races...
...peculiar nick-name. The author gives a very interesting account, to begin with, of the organization of the crew. To quote his own words: "Forty men, more or less, the 'pride and flower' of the class, assembled in the gymnasium, afternoon upon afternoon, with beating hearts and anxious faces. Lean men, short men, fat men, tall men, sturdy men, sallow men, flabby men and bronzed men - all 'trying for the crew!" Finally the crew was selected. Challenges came from Columbia and Yale, and were accepted. The crew got on the water. Then came the class races. After the excitement...
...Sargent's recent lecture on "What shall we eat to get strong?" he said in the course of his remarks : It has been customary to train athletes on lean beef and mutton, but he thought this a mistake, as tissue-making food should be used in combination with these, and the diet should be so changed as to meet the requirements of the organism of the person using it, for to establish one diet for all persons was ridiculous. Beef alone is not superior to meal, beans or other farmaceous food, and the size of the muscles...