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...highest individual total was then 675. Since then 240 men have been examined with totals above the highest in 1880, one man reaching a total of 1272.8. We give below a list of those who have exceeded a total of 900. The parts tested are the back, legs, arms, grip and lungs...
...inches. Perry was caught soon after this trying to heave and lost about 3 inches more, so that when time was called Columbia won by 4 inches. The Columbia men excited considerable comment by their leather shoulder guards which they varnished and resigned until a firm grip for the rope was formed...
...advantage of playing on its own grounds, and over confidence has been the cause of defeat to more than one Harvard team. The best wishes of the whole college follow the nine, and all that is needed to win the championship this year is to hold with a steady grip the lead which we now have over Yale...
...freshmen are the heaviest of the class crews. They do not get their legs into the stroke. There seems to be no life in the boat. They overreach badly. They do not keep a firm grip on their oars, and fail to get the benefit of the end of their stroke in consequence. Their time is bad. They are extremely careless and have had individual faults. The stroke which they have been practising is much too slow for a race. Mr. Hooper has been coaching the crew of late. Alexander, the stroke of the University boat, has also been giving...
...route; is kept taut by a system of weights at its extremities, which rise and fall according to the number and weight of the cars attached. A slot about three-quarters of an inch wide runs between the tracks, and through it the clamp of the dummy or grip car is operated by the driver. The cable moves at a uniform rate, but the speed of the cars can be regulated by letting the clamp grasp the cable more or less loosely as the occasion may require. In the winter the snow is removed by a plough attached...