Word: trimming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...April 28. This is considerably earlier than the games were held last year, but if the men are able to get out on the track the first of next week, as it now seems probable they will, there is no reason why every one should not be in good trim...
...London in about a week, makes it very probable that the present order in the boat is the final one, so it is interesting to note what the men are doing. The crew has undergone many changes since the class races, the most obvious advantage being to trim the boat. Rice, who had overtrained before the class races, is again back at seven. He seems in good condition, but he may not be able to stand the heavy work previous to the final race. Shepard, who had taken Rice's place, has been changed to six, where he seems...
...that the Yale-Harvard game is finished, interest centres on the contest tomorrow between Yale and Princeton. Both elevens are in good condition, their practice the last few days being only sufficient to keep them in good trim. The feeling at Princeton is one of confidence, and much stronger than it was after the game with the U. of P. eleven. On the other hand Yale is none the less confident, for judging from the game Princeton has been putting up so far this season it is thought that she cannot oppose them very strongly...
...Princeton foot ball eleven has decided to row this spring, to get themselves into trim for foot ball practice next fall. Their boat was purchased from the Dauntless Boat Club, of New York, at a cost of $275. It is made of cedar and thirty-five feet long, by four wide and a foot and a half deep. There are positions for six oarsmen, with sliding seats, and it is rowed from the gunwale. The boat is in excellent condition, though very heavy, weighing about 500 pounds. The old boat house is to be refitted...
...Brown Athletic Team has been doing great work during the past week, and things look better than ever before. The hammer men are throwing farther than the record, while a new man has entered who can do the running high jump over the record. The runners are in fine trim, while all the other men are doing very well...