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Word: feet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hardly have been so poor had she not been unfortunate. In the bicycle race her man took a header in the last lap, in the mile run her leading man was taken ill and had to be carried off, and in the 220-yards dash, Ellis fell within six feet of the finish with the Andover man just abreast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Exeter-Andover Tennis and Athletic Tournaments. | 6/13/1889 | See Source »

...Corning got first on balls and around to third by a wild throw to second. Downer, however, was out on a foul tip and Corning was left. Watts led off for Princeton with a bunted ball, and reached first. He soon started for second but was caught ten feet away by Henshaws well thrown ball. Payne gave Willard a chance to make his first assisted put out by a grounder to Dean. Dean stopped a hard grounder by Osborne and made a remarkably good throw to first, catching his man. Harvard did good work during this inning. Dean came...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 4; Princeton, 3. | 6/2/1889 | See Source »

Running broad jump-M. K. Gordon 19 feet 2 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletics at St. Paul's School. | 6/1/1889 | See Source »

Throwing base ball-W. L. Hayden 314 feet 5 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletics at St. Paul's School. | 6/1/1889 | See Source »

Pole vault-G. L. Farnum, 7 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletics at St. Paul's School. | 6/1/1889 | See Source »

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