Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Woods was appointed by Mayor Mitchell April 8 to succeed Mr. Waldo, and he has planned a new police system which he believes will give New York far better protection than it has ever had. He will change the unit from the borough to the section, and institute "block posts" instead of the "fixed post system" of his predecessor. Instead of having a man on any fixed corner he will be given a block to patrol carefully. These "block posts" will be separated, and in between them other men will be put on guard at signal boxes...
...team will be at the following places as nearly as possible at the following times: 1, Matthews, Wadsworth, and Grays; 1.15, Weld and Thayer; 1.35, Holworthy, Stoughton, and Hollis; 2, Drayton; 2.15, 45 Winthrop street; 2.25, 54 Dunster street; 2.30, 6 and 7 Holyoke place; 2.40, Shepard's Block; 2.50, Dana Chambers; 3, Dunster; 3.20, 9 Bow street; 3.25, Westmorly; 3.40, Russell Hall and Annex; 3.50, Randolph; 4, Apthrop House; 4.05; 28 Plympton street; 4.10, 52 Plympton street and Hampden; 4.30, Fairfax; 4.40, Claverly; 4.50, Ridgely; 5, Apley Court; 5.10, Brentford; 5.15, Beck; 5.20, Ware; 5.35, Perkins and Conant...
...construction of more courts. And Soldiers Field is the only permanently available ground. The argument that Soldiers Field is too exposed and wet is at best only an excuse. With the provision of wind breaks and foundation beds adequately drained, or by the use of the new creosote block surfacing, excellent courts could be secured...
Yale was now playing six of her seven men as near the Harvard goal as possible, seizing the smallest opportunity to shoot. Harvard, on the other hand was playing safe, being content to block Yale's attempted rushes. Soon after Phillips pierced the Yale line and shot the last goal of the game...
...first score was made by Captain Kuhn after 16-minutes of play when he took a long shot from the left side of the rink that landed in the net, Carnoechan making his only mistake of the evening by coming out to block it. Less than a minute afterward, Phillips, Hopkins, and Smart dashed down the rink, Phillips in the center carrying the puck. A pass to either side was the natural play, so Emmons and Peacock covered the outer men, while Phillips went through the middle and tied the score. Just one hour of actual play later, Smart, going...