Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Student duels are rather mild performances in most instances. The German method of fencing has very little of the grace and science of the French style, requiring only great strength and flexibility of the wrist. The sword used, spear they call it, is about three feet long, sharpened eight inches on one side, and sixteen inches on the other, with a blunt end. This is grasped in the right hand so that the arm crosses the face diagonally. The hand is protected by a basket hilt of iron, the arm and chest by impenetrable coverings. The left hand is held...
...quarter of a length, rowing 36 strokes to the minute. The seniors, though pulling 39 strokes in the first minute, were not able to get ahead, contrary to general expectation. Off the Cross Roads, near the end of the first mile. however, the seniors were leading, by about six feet. A little farther on, the '86 crew, which had been lying in wait entered the race and managed to keep a couple of lengths ahead of the other boarts. The second half of the race was still closer then the first half; one crew gained, and immediately after...
...members of the Yale Bicycle club severely sprained his arm while riding during the recess. A team refused to turn out for him and forced him down a ten feet embankment...
...Yale; S. J. Poe and H. W. Hall, of Princeton; J. C. Gerndt, formerly of N. Y. U., and J. A. Stewart of Chicago Calumets. This list includes the twelve regular and two substitutes. The average age of the members is 23 years 4 months; the average height, 5 feet 9 1-2 inches; and the average weight 153 pounds...
...Buffalo club with the new catcher's protection, which is a flat rubber case, filled up with air and worn over the chest and abdomen. O'Rouke put the protector on and claims that he could not fell a ball thrown by White at a distance of ten feet...