Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mile intercollegiate was contested by the three Harvard men and Gubelman of Stevens Institute. It was won by Brown, Davis, 2nd, by a length, and Greenleaf, 3rd, by three feet. In justice to Greenleaf, if should be said that through the fault of the railroad employees, his wheel was left behind and he had to ride a machine to which he was unaccustomed...
...Conneff and Mitchell. In the two mile run, Conneff lowered the American records for 1 1-4 and 1 3-4 miles, and lacked only 4 5-8 seconds of equalling the best time for the two miles. Mitchell threw a 16-pound hammer, nine ounces overweight, 130 feet. This is 2 feet, 11 inches better than the former record. He also threw the 56-pound weight 30 feet, 1 inch, breaking Condon's record of 27 feet, 9 inches...
...yards run. Hawes, Moen, and Allen were the competitors; Hawes took the lead immediately and kept it to the end, although closely pressed by Moen. Hawes' time was 10 2-5 seconds. The running broad jump was won by G. R. White, Gr., who covered 20 feet, 2 1-2 inches. This was the best record of the day. The mile walk was a very evenly contested event. J. E. Howe, '91, being beaten, by not more than three yards, by Bates, '92, who had thirty seconds start of his opponent. Bates' time was 3 minutes. There were only three...
...Princeton men are making great preparations for the pending football game with Harvard. A new grand stand has been erected, 320 feet long, which will hold 4000 people. A special train will leave New York at 12 o'clock arriving at Princeton at 2, and returning at 5 p. m. The 9 o'clock express from New York, will also stop at Princeton. The game is to be advertised in New York, Newark, New Brunswick. Philadelphia, and many other smaller cities...
...excellent all-round baseball player, a most successful oarsman, and has made a good showing as a bicyclist. As a football player his experience has been limited, but he plays a strong, aggressive game, and will prove a valuable acquisition to the team. He is six feet, two inches in height, weighs two hundred pounds, and can run a hundred yards in remarkably good time, less than eleven seconds...