Word: limber
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Kidder, (captain), -157 pounds. Overreaches and should limber up; he is too stiff...
...These are, however, faults which constant practice will remedy. Lindsey, '89, is an entirely new man, having done no athletic work at all since entering college. He played first base on his school team in Troy, New York, and was considered a good man. He is tall and limber and has long arms, three valuable requisites for a baseman, but is slow and will have to improve in this particular in order to make a successful player. Calhoun, '90, occupied the position of short-stop on the freshman nine last year and played it well. He is light and quick...
Kimball started off, followed by Morison, Bachelder and Denniston, in a little light exercise to limber themselves up. Denniston and Bachelder executed a very pretty double feat, which was received with deserved applause. A feature of Bachelder's movements was his walking the length of the bars upon his hands...