Word: shooting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...club shoot. Harvard vs. Yale at Springfield on the grounds of the Springfield Gun club. Foot Ball. Harvard vs. Yale at Hampden park, Springfield at 2.15 p. m. E. C. Peace, umpire. SUNDAY...
...team of five men from the club will shoot a team from the Yale Gun club, at the grounds of the Springfield Gun club, tomorrow forenoon, the match to begin at 10 o'clock. The Harvard team will probably be as follows: Luce, Post, Bacon, Dodge, Quinlan (captain), and W. Austin, substitute...
...runs as follows; In the April number of Outing a system is described called the "English System of Rowing," the chief features of which are: The stroke-A catch and swing back with stationary slide, then a slide with stationary body because of the legs. The recovery-A shoot forward of the hands, then a swing forward of the body, then, "and not till then," a slide forward...
...stronger finish. It certainly prevents any difficulty in keeping the button against the pin at both ends of the stroke an important principle in watermanship. Rowing at Cambridge has for sixteen years been under the charge of Mr. Herbert Rhodes. The principles of his system are: The hands must shoot away smartly from the chest; as they release the body for the swing which actually (though not theoretically) begins before the arms are perfectly straight. In any case the swing begins before the slide and carries the slide forward with it, both being slow and steady, especially the slide...
...number of new were admitted to membership. There will be a practice shoot at Watertown this afternoon and it is hoped that as many men as possible will be present...