Word: shoulders
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Morse, B. A. A., second, 5 feet 11 1 4 inches. The bar was then placed at 6 feet 3 1-4, one inch higher than the world's record, but Fearing was unable to clear it, although he came very near it once, hitting the bar with his shoulder after he was over...
First crew-Stroke, Miller, 156. He reaches round with his left shoulder and does not keep his back straight at full reach. His body is not steady at the finish, he meets his oar, hurries his finish, and does not keep his oar high enough at full reach. Otherwise his rowing is very good...
...doesn't do himself justice, unless he is abnormally nervous. In the other sort, the kind regard for the f. f. m. is not so apparent. The gentlemen who are present but not writing, wander about and give you the annoying impression that they are reading over your shoulder; or they rattle newspapers; or some one comes in and tells one of them a story in plain hearing,-a good story maybe, but not appropriate to the paper; or one of them picks up a blue book after its writer has gone out and reads it and shakes with...
Louis Cyr broke the world's record for putting up dumb-bells at Montreal last week. He put up 109 pounds with one hand from the shoulder twenty-seven times...
...enthusiasm, but it was the Harvard cheers which had the confident ring this time. It was Yale's ball, and B. Morison gained six yards behind the V. McClung tried to go between Finlay and Upton, but they objected. Williams tried the centre in vain. He decided that his shoulder was hurt, and after some discussion Captain Cumnock allowed Bliss to take his place. Rhodes went at the centre and ran into Cranston's arms. Perry Trafford was giving the giant Heffelfinger a livelier game than he is accustomed to play, and it was useless for Captain Rhodes to send...