Word: limber
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Tomorrow and Wednesday regular practice will be held. On Thursday there will be exercise in the morning, light practice in the afternoon, and signals in the evening. Friday morning enough work will be given to keep the men limber and early in the afternoon they will leave for Boston...
There will be no hares in this run as it is only to limber the men up for the first regular run which takes place next Tuesday...
NEXT week will close the engagement of Roland Reed at the Boston Museum in his highly successful comedy, "The Politician." This play has made such a great hit that large houses greet the players at every performance. No one should lose the opportunity of seeing him as General Josiah Limber, the greatest success of his professional career. He shows up in the most ludicrous light the defects in our political system, so that politicians themselves are kept in a constant laughter. The satirical view in which the comedy is written and the clever manner in which the leading character...
...addition to the actual practice in the game, Stagg has prescribed a set of exercises intended to make the body limber. These will be taken every day. Stagg will play on the team but will not try to gain new honors in the box; he will probably take the place behind the bat, for no one has been found yet who has the making of a catcher. Nearly 150 requests for games at Chicago have been made. The guarantee asked is usually enough to cover the expenses of the nine for a week at the Fair. It is expected that...
Only two innings were played, as it will take two or three days for the men to limber up. The batteries were, on the first nine, Walton, from the Medical School, as pitcher, and Cobb, catcher; on the second, Dinsmore, '93, from the junior nine, as pitcher, and Walker, '95, from the freshman nine as catcher. Highlands was out and played right field for the second nine, but did not pitch. Hovey was out for the first time, and played at his old place at short stop. Keefe was busy coaching all the time, and a number of graduates watched...