Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...steel shafts have been substituted for the old iron pulleys, and the cowhide has been replaced by Manila rope. The weights are placed in a stout wooden box, which is guided in its rise and fall by steel rods. When not in use this box rests on a rubber pad preventing the disagreeable jerk and jar which invariably ensued when the weight was allowed to descend a little too far. The weights can be put in or removed from this box at the pleasure of the one using it. This renders it possible...
...city, which has a court on the corner of St. James and Dartmouth Streets. To encourage men from Cambridge to join, the managers have reduced the membership fee to $10, - to all others it is $30. The only other expenses are a racket, about $6; tennis shoes, rubber-soled, about $7; and a suit of flannels, about $5. Besides being a most interesting and exciting game, it is the very best of exercise...
...rubber game between our Nine and the Lowells, played last Saturday, was extremely unsatisfactory, and gave the Lowells an opportunity of showing a mean and cowardly spirit that was contemptible...
...feet alone, and not for the hands, is a mere quibble; for all sensible observers will agree that the use of the hands makes the game much more exciting and interesting. Again, we do not hesitate to claim the superiority of the leather ball over the rubber one. The former, besides retaining the air better, can be kicked both farther and straighter, and will last a much longer time. In setting forth the advantages of the Rugby rules and ball, we only ask a fair, impartial hearing from the Association. The fact that Harvard has played the game...