Word: downes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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The practice yesterday consisted principally of batting and practice in getting down to first quickly after the ball was hit. The men were timed by a stop watch.
Yesterday the '96 crew was unfortunate in not having F. M. Forbes, No. 7. He is at present on the sick list. Fair child who has heretofore rowed No. 3, was moved down to No. 7 and B. Frothingham took Fairchild's place at No. 3. Mumford '97 coached the...
In 1884 a treaty was signed between the two countries stipulating that neither was to land troops in Corea without first notifying the other. China violated this treaty in the spring of 1894, when Corea applied to her for aid in putting down a rebellion. Japan at once landed troops...
On October 7, a large Japanese force landed at the head of the peninsula of Port Arthur; a similar force had already landed just across the isthmus. These two forces advanced slowly down the peninsula and, on November 23, Port Arthur fell after forty hours fighting. The Japanese then marched...
Tests of quickness of movement similar to those made by Dr. Fitz at the Lawrence Scientific School are being made by Professor Scripture of the Yale psychological department. One of the most interesting of these tests is an arrangement for measuring a runner's reaction time down to the thousandth...