Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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During the last week the work has been light. In the morning the routine has consisted in dumb-bell exercises, starts, falling on the ball and a short run, with kicking practice for the backs. The afternoon work has consisted in starts, falling on the ball, tackling the dummy, kicking for the backs and breaking through for the line men. This is followed by a run. Yesterday afternoon four elevens were formed, and the first three ran through signals in the following line...
Tomorrow the Mott Haven squad will begin training outdoors, and if the weather continues favorable there will be no more indoor work this season. Since early in January the squad has been working with the weights and dumb-bells, but from now on the training will be entirely different. The sprinters, including the quarter-mile men, will play handball on the asphalt court, and will practice starting, etc. The distance men will work on the road, walking out a considerable distance and taking a run back with a break near the finish. The weight men will begin throwing the hammer...
...training of the track team several innovations have been made by Trainer Moakley, Every day twenty-five minutes is given to calisthenics and dumb-bell exercises, which are followed by practice in the special events...
...work of the candidates for the track team has been progressing regularly under the charge of Mr. Lathrop. The four squads report daily, and after light dumb-bell and chest-weight work, practice on the wooden track on Holmes Field. Owing to the fact that Mr. Lathrop has been devoting his efforts to getting men into shape for the events in which Harvard will be represented in the B. A. A. games, no attempt has been made as yet to develop material for the pole vault. Training for this event will probably begin next week...