Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale spring meeting day before yesterday, two inter-collegiate and six Yale records were broken. Coxe '87, threw the hammer 94 feet 3 1-2 inches, beating the record Chamberlain made on May 15th by 4 feet, 3 inches. Ludington '87 beat the 120 yards hurdle race record of 17 1-4 seconds by 1-20 of a second, winning in 17 1 5 second...
...created much excitement in N. H. 6. She escaped from durance vile in the biological laboratory of the Agassiz Museum, and in her fright jumped through a pane of glass, and fell from the window, which is in the fifth story, to the ground. She landed squarely on her feet and started off on a run, pursued by several men, but could not be caught...
...master. The stage was set very prettily, and in accordance with Greek traditions. The front was the "Orchestra," with a white marble altar or thymele, where the prompter's box is in the opera. Back of this, the "proscenium" or regular stage of the Greeks, was elevated four feet, with marble steps leading to the "orchestra." The back scene had the three doors required in all Greek plays, the buildings being of yellowish marble, shaded and stained with age. Above the roofs of the houses rose the storied Acropolis. All the conventional rules were observed. Characters coming from the city...
...made by Eldredge, of Columbia, in 1877. Norton and Zinkeisen were caught and passed by the other two at the half mile. From that time until on the back stretch of the last quarter Bemis led, closely followed by Wright, who then passed him and won by ten feet. Wright's time was 7 m. 1 sec., just 3 4-5 seconds better than the record. Bemis' time was 7 m. 2 sec., which also beat the time of Eldredge...
...games of the University of Pennsylvania, Page, '87 won the running high jump with a record of 5 feet 11 3-4 inches. The 100 yards was won by Brinton, '88 in 10 1-2 seconds. He also won the hammer with a throw of 80 feet 2 1-4 inches...