Word: rood
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rood...
...Class III, Knight to Class IV, Rook to Class V. The Pawn given in play at odds of Pawn and move or of Pawn and two moves is the King's Bishop's Pawn. In play at odds of Knight or of Rook, the Queen's Knight or Rood are removed...
...Rood, 2 M. S., broke the world's amateur record for lifting a dumb-bell, last night at the Hemenway Gymnasium. The previous record of 201 pounds, 5 ounces, was made in 1874 by R. Pennell of New York, who weighed 215 pounds. Rood is 20 years old, is 5 ft. 6 in. in height, and weighs 145 pounds...
...trial last night he lifted a dump-bell weighing 202 pounds and held it with one arm perpendicularly above his head. After a short rest he put up the same bell weighted to 211 pounds. On this trial, however, although the bell was put up perpendicularly with one arm, Rood, in straightening his body, lost his balance and let the ball fall. The terms of the game say nothing about the straightening of the body, but it has been customary to get to an upright position. It is thought, however, that the latter record will stand. The performance was done...
...Rood has trained chiefly at home and has only been working with dumb-bells two years...