Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Exclusive of Cole and Hawley, the average height is five feet ten and two-thirds inches; the average weight 151 lbs. The average age of the crew is eighteen and one-third years.- Columbia Spectator...
...Association game, where it is a foul if any one save the goal keeper touches the ball with the hands or arms. As Priest put it, "No one but the goal keeper must touch the ball, but he must do his very best with head, hands and feet, to defend the goal...
...have been joined by a number of athletes who are anxious to learn the game, besides a goodly number of old players who have come over from England and settled in Boston. They are anxious to meet all who would like to help put Association foot-ball on its feet here.- Globe...
...pole vault, Leavitt, '89, made 9 feet, and R. S. Hale, '91, 8 ft. 9 in. These were the only contestants...
...Poughkeepsie. One of the greatest advances which has been made in the work is the substitution of iron and mild steel for brick. The spans of the Poughkeepsie bridge are built by means of a massive staging supported on large piles. This staging contains over one million feet of lumber and is within thirty feet as high as Trinity Church steeple, New York. Mr. Clarke then illustrated his remarks by a series of stereopticon views, which showed the manner in which the spans were constructed. At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr. Clarke was greeted with loud applause...