Word: use
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cage will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the nine and would have been of much greater if it had been ready for use at the beginning of the term. As it was, the candidates were compelled to waste nearly a month, although Capt. Wagenhurst had his men at work in the gym as much as possible. The cage is not large enough to have first and third laid out, and so the men practise batting, base running and throwing from home to first and second principally without having a whole infield. Our great difficulty this year will...
...time approaches when the candidates for the 'Varsity crew will give up gymnasium work and take outdoor exercise, the interest in their movements increases. It is hoped that in less than a month the weather will permit the use of a barge on the river, but at present the harbor is covered with ice. The number of candidates has been reduced to fourteen, but out of this number Yale expects to select a crew that will defeat Harvard in June. Of the men now in training, Stevenson, Wilcox, Carter and Woodruff rowed last season; Cross and Hurd were substitutes...
...Rows short. Doesn't get head on. Meets. Doesn't use toe straps. Doesn't use his shoulders firmly. Bad time...
...Doesn't always finish the stroke. Doesn't swing from his hips. Doesn't get head on. Must use his toe straps...
...Doesn't swing on well with body. Meets. Doesn't make use of toe-straps. Doesn't sit up and rows short. His time...