Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lacrosse men very few out of the large number of desirable athletes chose to come out and practice. This was a great mistake. The simple principles of lacrosse do very much to perfect a player in the points requisite for foot-ball, while they give him a test of speed and endurance necessary for track athletics. One of the most brilliant and successful players of last year's Princeton team owes his preeminence in dodging to his lacrosse training. Princeton has already waked up to the necessity of spring training for her foot-ball men, and the papers are urging...
...occurred at the Boston & Albany Railroad crossing, Cambridgeport. The car, which was crowded with passengers, was not stopped in accordance with the law, and suddenly the horses got beyond the control of the driver, and made a dash forward. As a locomotive was approaching under a fair rate of speed, the gates, one on each side of the track, were closed across the street, but the horses dashed through the gate on the Cambridge side, tearing it from the hinges, and dragging the car after them. The car stopped exactly across the track. The engineer and fireman of the locomotive...
...take in a large amount of air effects both the circulation and the respiratory functions. In this connection Dr. Sargent stated that the idea that rowing did not enlarge the respiratory power was an erroneous one, as a man who rows three miles at the top of his speed takes in eight times as much air as one in a recumbent position. There is always in the chest a hundred cubic inches of air; an ordinary respiration takes in about thirty, a deep one a hundred, and the maximum amount of air which one's chest can contain...
...been suggested that if favorable weather returns a skating match for different distances be arranged, to be held on Fresh Pond or some other convenient locality, so that Harvard's runners and others may have an opportunity to test their speed on ice and to establish a college record. The Athletic Association might consider the plan, and, if deemed advisable, offer prizes for the winners...
Myers when going at full speed is a model runner, both in the pose of the body and the way in which the limbs work, for he carries the head well back, the chest advanced, and the body straight on the hips, while the legs are swung straight ahead and come down on the ground with a directness that enables him to use their muscular force to the fullest extent. He is a far better type of a runner than his English rival, for the latter often extends his body forward, and uses his limbs much as the steamboats...