Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should be accepted as supporting the decision of the judges, and nothing more need be said. But several ardent Yalesains are still perturbed about the matter, and one of them sends us an eleven page special plea and an instantaneous photograph, to prove that Sherrill beat Rogers by 2 feet. His brief is a sad waste of white paper and his picture is almost...
...instrument stood on the bank at the extreme outside edge of the path. about 25 yards from the finish, and the view obtained was from the rear of the runners. Nearest to the camera was the rearmost man, either Horr of Cornell, or Lund of Harvard, fully 10 feet behind his leaders. Next came Baker, of Harvard; Bonine, of Michigan, and either Lund or Horr, almost exactly abreast, Bonine, if anything, a shade behind the others. A few feet in front of this row, and close to the inner curb, ran Rogers, of Harvard, while Sherrill, of Yale...
...there has been a great many changes, as is but natural. Changes in the boats used, changes in the men's training, and changes in the distance rowed. The Oneida, which was the name of the Harvard boat used in '52, is described as being "thirty-seven feet long, lap-streak built, heavy, quite low in the water, with no sheer, and with a straight stern. The width was about three feet and a half in the widest part, and tapered gradually towards bow and stern. The boat had plain, flat wooden thole-pins fitted into the gunwale. Her oars...
...Spirit of the Times publishes a letter from Dr. Swain of the University of Michigan, in which a full account of Bonine's records for 50, 80, and 110 yards is given. They seem well authenticated, but there was an inequality in the track of 3 feet each...
...paper shell in which the Yale University crew will row Harvard arrived on Wednesday of last week. It was built by Waters of Troy, N. Y., and is a beauty. It is just sixty feet in length, is very light, and is somewhat narrower and deeper than the boat used last season. The rigging, with one or two slight changes, is substantially the same as last season. The crew tried it on Thursday for the first time, and Captain Cowles expressed himself as well pleased with the boat, which is in every respect satisfactory. The crew is now rowing with...