Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...consists of batting at the nets and fielding practice, after which the squad is divided up into two nines. The squad has shown improvement the last few days; the fielding is sharper and cleaner, and the batting much better. The coach is now getting the team up in good shape to meet Boston Latin next Saturday. This week the squad will be reduced to those men who are needed for the Easter practice...
...broad jump J. G. Clarke and P. E. Somers '99 are the best men who have yet appeared. Clarke is rapidly getting into good shape and his ankle seems to be troubling him very little; Somers has developed unexpected ability. The work of the high jumpers, who have been practicing all winter, has been very light. Morse, however is doing as well outdoors as he has done indoors...
...series to furnish some preliminary practice to those who intend to try for the Senior, Junior and Sophomore teams. As these are to be called out as soon as the scrub series is over, those who take part in the latter will be in so much the better shape to try for the class nines...
...shell has just been completed by Hoyle of Philadelphia for the use of the crew and Coach Ward is at work upon a new set of oars in shape similar to those used by the crew winning the world's championship at Saratoga in 1871. The men are rowing well together and the crew promises to be much better than it was last year...
...regular work on the machines. The material for the crew is very good physically, but as yet the rowing is poor and the time is bad. Nevertheless the men are rapidly improving and by the time they go on the river they will probably be in good shape. Of the new men who have come out, Scattergood, Sullivan and Kidder are the most promising and they are showing daily improvement. Yesterday the crew was coached by Duffield, assisted by Orton, coxswain of the crew...