Word: trimming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...member of this committee. He says that Dr. White expressed the professional opinion that seven of the eleven men were unfit to engage in a game. The committee therefore decided that it would be unjust to the other members of the team to announce who the out-of-trim men were. If a team was made up with the four sound men included, that would virtually be telling who the others were, and to make up a team composed entirely of substitutes would be unjust to the Boston men and to the regular 'varsity team. The secretary...
...first regular hare and hound run will probably be held next Friday. Every afternoon until the first regular run there will be a practice run up the Ave., starting from the Carey Building at 4 p. m. As most of the men are not in good trim, these preliminary runs will be much easier than last Thursday...
...cricket team had an easy victory over the strong Lowell team on the home grounds of the latter on Saturday. The Harvard players were in excellent trim, fielding sharply and batting four of Lowell's best bowlers at will. On the other hand, the home team was out of practice, neither batting nor fielding in its accustomed form...
...make a change unless things are going badly, which is not the case at present. If he does make a change it will merely be one of policy in removing Cross on account of his weight, which may cause some shifting about of the men to alter the trim of the boat, but he has always had perfect confidence in Cross and will undoubtedly rely on his previous knowledge of the man and keep him. The chief effect of his visit will be to put more ginger into the men and wake them...
...Garrick and Kean, were little men, yet did not their individualities find suitable means of expression, each in its proper fashion? Just so may that of every other man if he only uses the means with which God has thought fit to endow him; but he can no more trim the natural power within him to a pattern than he can alter his stature. Each man is different from his fellows, as are the leaves of a tree; and at best a perfect simulation can be but an imperfect substitution...