Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...permit the regular throw from the home plate to second and base running. Needless to say, it is a great improvement over the old cage, which was so small that the men were greatly hampered in base running and batting and even in fielding grounders. The building is 150 feet long by 60 feet broad and 30 feet high in the centre, and in appearance is neat and substantial...
Both first and second place in the running high jump were won by Harvard men. S. G. Ellis 1901, was first with an actual jump of 5 feet 11 inches. C. M. Rotch 1901, was second. His actual jump was 5 feet 10 inches...
These plans, which were prepared in consequence of instructions to the chairman of the Athletic Committee from the committee in New York, provides for a building 80-120 ft., covering about 10,000 square feet of ground There will be six bays, three for eight-oared shells, one for a workshop, singles or doubles, one for singles, and one for the tank which will be 65 ft. long. The second floor will contain a large room for rowing machines and training apparatus, a large room for the 'Varsity crew, rooms for the coaches, for class crews, and for general...
...gymnasium at Columbia which will be completed before the end of the year, will be the largest and best equipped in any American college. The total floor space, of 168 by 182 feet, will make it possible to require a certain amount of attendance from all undergraduates, and yet leave the time of exercise to the convenience of each man. The university will probably adopt the recommendation of Dr. Savage, the physical director, and require every stndent to exercise in the gymnasium at least two hours a week, unless an equivalent amount of work is done on some athletic team...
This course is somewhat more crooked than the old. From the start it runs 1 1-2 miles straight-away at which point it is some 400 feet to the west or right of the old course. It then deflects to the east for 3-4 of a mile and thence is 1 3-4 miles straight-away to the finish, which is just north of the Thames River draw bridge. This course offers a depth of water after the first mile varying from 18 to 50 feet...