Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crews have passed through the draw a long whistle will be sounded from the referee's tug as a signal for the crews to get into line. There will be a rope stretched across the river to which four boats will be moored at distances of one hundred feet apart. A man in each boat will hold the stern of a shell. As soon as the shells are in line, two whistles will be sounded as a signal for the men to come out to the full reach. The boats will then be started in the following manner...
...Broad Jump - Between G. H. Brewer, C. N. Cogswell and H. B. Gibson. Brewer won with a jump of 19 feet 2 inches...
...Broad Jump - No other contestants appearing, W. Atkinson jumped 19 feet 4 inches...
...Harvard defence had very lively work for a few minutes. When the ball finally went to the visitors' end of the field our attack got in some very pretty team work. Dudley after several quick tips secured a shot and put the ball between the goal-tend's feet, as the men of both teams supposed, but the goal was not allowed. After more hard fighting, Blodgett threw a beauty, which the goal-tend was forced to dodge to avoid being struck in the face, again the umpire decided no goal. Play went on, and at this point the South...
Last week the Yale Sophomore Crew, while rowing on the upper Quinnipiae, ran their shell against a submerged oyster stake, ripping a hole in her 21 feet long and 2 to 6 inches wide. The entire crew succeeded in reaching the shore in safety. The shell is rendered useless by the accident...