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...Kidder, (captain), -157 pounds. Overreaches and should limber up; he is too stiff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 2/1/1889 | See Source »

...These are, however, faults which constant practice will remedy. Lindsey, '89, is an entirely new man, having done no athletic work at all since entering college. He played first base on his school team in Troy, New York, and was considered a good man. He is tall and limber and has long arms, three valuable requisites for a baseman, but is slow and will have to improve in this particular in order to make a successful player. Calhoun, '90, occupied the position of short-stop on the freshman nine last year and played it well. He is light and quick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prospects of the Yale Nine. | 1/30/1888 | See Source »

Kimball started off, followed by Morison, Bachelder and Denniston, in a little light exercise to limber themselves up. Denniston and Bachelder executed a very pretty double feat, which was received with deserved applause. A feature of Bachelder's movements was his walking the length of the bars upon his hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 3/12/1883 | See Source »

...form a sort of runner, but the boards themselves lie flat on the snow, being fastened together above, so that the bottom is smooth. They are made of all sizes, averaging about five feet by two, and can accommodate any number of people. They are so thin and limber that they bend over any obstruction which may be in the road, so that they are not stopped even by large pieces of ice. They may be used to go down the steepest hills, where no sled could stand the strain. And here all the fun comes in, since the danger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TABOGGINNING. | 1/14/1876 | See Source »

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