Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...management for the way in which the events took place, there being scarcely any delay, each event following in quick succession. The record for the running high jump which was held by G. R. Fearing '93, was broken by F. Sweeney of the Xavier A. C. who cleared 6 feet 2 1-2 inches, thus raising the record by one-fourth inch. Sweeney jumped in excellent form, never having to try twice for the same height...
AMHERST-DARTMOUTH TEAM RACE.This race was won by Amherst partly by accident. In the first of the race the Amherst man took the lead finishing his last lap ten feet ahead. In the second relay Amherst ran ahead at first but finished only a few feet in the lead. The third pair were Belden of Amherst and Ide of Dartmouth. Ide caught his man during the first lap and finished ten feet ahead. In the last relay Dartmouth easily had the race but for the accident to Claggett, who lost his shoe on the - second lap, on account of which...
...Blake '91, with a handicap of 25 yards won second place. S. A. Coombs, B.A.A. with 18 yards handicap, won first. In the running high jump G. C. Chaney, '94, with a handicap of 2 1-2 inches, won first place. His actual jump was 5 feet 6 inches...
...gymnasium unfloored. Stagg bats down grounders to the candidates in succession. The players are taught the utmost quickness both in stopping the ball and in recovery, then accurately and swiftly to return it underhanded and overhanded. Much attention is given to base-sliding, head foremost as well as feet foremost, and to sliding around and in front of the base. A cage, consisting of cord netting suspended from the ceiling and enclosing a space 70 by 30 feet, will be put in position in a week or two for battery work...
...Yale gymnasium has a frontage of 168 feet and a depth of 68 feet. The apparatus used was, to to a large extent designed especially for this building, and can be found in no other similar building in the country...