Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...location of the structure is as yet undetermined, but the chances are that it will be placed in the rear of the new gymnasium. The building will be used principally for a base ball cage, and will be about 200 feet square, with a dirt floor. The cage will be surrounded by a cement running track, which will also be used for bicycle practice...
...sharp as they are at present, they will be lengthened out more in the shape of an ellipse. What is known as a spiral curve is to be made. On the curves the track will be broadened and raised on the outer edge to a height of three feet above the level. All the best running tracks are now made in this way and it is expected that the speed of the track will be considerably increased. The work has already been laid out by the engineers and begun so that there need be no interference with the training next...
...keel and gunwale are now laid in his shop on the banks of the Schuylkill. The boat will be 62 feet in length over all, 23 inches beam amidships, 8 3-4 inches deep amidships, 6 1-2 inches deep forward, and 5 1-2 inches deep aft. The shell will be composed entirely of aluminum, with the exception of the wash box, which will be wood, and the outriggers, which are to be of steel tubing, hard drawn. The shell will weigh 175 pounds. Ordinary paper shells weigh about 225 pounds, and Waters, the famous shell builder of Troy...
...held the second meeting of the series for the all-round indoor championship, last Monday evening. The club's record for the three standing jumps were broken by O. W. Shead '93, who clearel 31 feet 1 1/2 inches in the all-round contest, but afterwards when given extra trials with H. C. Moffitt and W. B. Hyler cleared 31 feet 2 1/4 inches This beats the B. A. A.'s record by 6 1/4 inches. Moffit in his extra trials cleared 30 feet 6 3-4 inches. Shead also won both the high jump and fence vault but failed...
...mile walk, 440 mile run, two mile bicycle race, 880 yard run, pole vault for height, one mile run, running high jump, five mile run, running broad jump, throwing 16-pound hammer, throwing 56-pound weight for distance, putting 16-pound shot, 120 yard hurdle race, ten flights, three feet six inches high; 220 yard hurdle race, ten flights, two feet six inches high: individual tug-of-war, unlimited weight...