Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Herbert Mapes established some records that come perilously near some of the intercollegiate records. In the 120 yards hurdle H. Mapes beat his own record of last May, time 16 2-5 seconds. V. Mapes covered the 220 yards dash in 22 4-5 seconds. He also jumped 22 feet 9 1-4 inches in the running broad...
...about 5.28 the crews reached the Harvard Bridge which was crowded with people eagerly peering over the ralling to catch a glimpse of the crews' positions. A clattering of feet from one side of the bridge to the other, and Ninety-two shot out from under the other side of the bridge, rowing her thirty-eight strokes and a full length and a half ahead of the other three crews which now came in sight, the seniors a quarter of a length ahead of the sophomores and the freshmen gradually closing in on the Ninety-three crew...
...evident to all now that Ninety-two did not care for anything but first place and this was made more manifest by an excellent spurt which she now made, rowing forty strokes to the minute, a spurt so effective that her lead was fully two lengths, five hundred feet below the bridge, and it was at about this place that the accident of the race occurred. Ninety-one and Ninety-three (a half a length behind the seniors) were both spurting, when unfortunately the senior boat-whose coxswain ever since the bridge had been steering on Ninety-three's course...
...them, their prow touching the rudder of the Ninety-one boat. The result was that the actual finish of the crews was Ninety-two first by a lead of three lenghts over Ninety-one who were second; Ninety-four third, a good length behind the seniors, and a few feet only ahead of Ninety three, whose actual finish was fourth...
...finals. In the 1000 yards run Nichols, L. S., took second place, with A. M. White '92, third. The event was won by Batchelder, R. L. S. Wheelwright '94, won the pole vault, clearing 9 ft. 11 inches; Green '92 took second place with an actual vault of 9 feet...