Word: cleats
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Countiess football teams cleat the sod of Soldiers' Field in the autumn--ranging from the inter-House players to the eleven that performs in the Stadium. Midway in the throng and little ballyhooed is Chief Boston's Jayvee squad made up of the men on the rung below the Varsity squad...
...lever on which the referee stands. At the word 'heave,' he jumps off the lever and so releases the rope. The men drop into position [see lower cut]. Having fallen on the right side, each man instantly throws his left foot over the rope to the cleat and in that position he continues to pull for five minutes...
Charlie "Break-it-Up" Apted has been a member of the University staff since 1900 and for eighteen years has headed the Harvard law enforcement agency. The Colonel made it cleat last night, however, that this dinner wILL not mark his retirement...
...regard to the matter. Owing to the complex construction of the Harvard square station it has been found extremely difficult to provide for such facilities. The commission, however, has ordered that "The Boston Elevated Railway Company install in the Harvard square station a single file escalator of the cleat type from the platform for cars from Mount Auburn to the street level near and under the eastern side of the street shelter." Passengers from North Cambridge will also be able to avail themselves of this escalator by using a stairway of 16 steps. While this does not fully meet...
According to the new Intercollegiate Association rules, the three front tug-of-war cleats are to be four inches high, while the anchor's cleat is to be five inches high. This makes it much easier for the anchor...