Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Putting 16 lb. shot-Won by L. Williams '97, 5 feet; second, E. H. Clark '96, scratch. Distance, 38 ft. 11/2...
Throwing 16 lb. hammer-Won by E. H. Clark '96, scratch; second, W. D. Hennen '98, 15 feet. Distance...
Cornell had one novel play. When the ball was to be punted, the quarterback stood about twenty feet from the line. The centre rush instead of bouncing the ball, threw it back into the quarterback's hands, and the latter either punted himself or passed the ball to the fullback. The play was quite successful, for although the Harvard forwards broke through quickly, only one or two kicks were blocked...
...greatest praise is due to the B. A. A. crew for the magnificent contest which they put up. Nothing could have been finer than the way in which they answered Harvard's spurt in the last half mile and kept it up until they had won by ten feet...
This excursion will visit characteristic exposures of the Triassic sandstone and Lava beds of the Connecticut Valley. The special points of interest will be quarries in the faulted lava beds, a portion of the great fault here crossing the valley with a throw of about 3,000 feet; further the bed of ashes and lava blocks between Meriden and Berlin, and Chauncey Peak, whence a general view of the region may be obtained...