Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...yards dash, inasmuch as the final heat of this event was run last and would decide the championship for either Hopkinson or Worcester Academy. In the final heat six men ran. The race was exceedingly close, Hill, Hop. managing to forge ahead in the last few feet taking first place. M. Clark, W. A., second, Grosvenor, W. A., third. Time 23 1-5 seconds...
...throwing the base ball was easily won by Russell, All., who threw 369 feet 2 inches. This breaks the record by 19 feet 8 inches. Paine, Hop. took second place, distance 350 feet 1 inch. Gordon, W. A. got third place, distance 332 feet 1-4 inches...
...running high jump was won by Paine, Hop., height 5 feet 7 3-4 inches, second, Hoyt, R. L. S., height 5 feet 6 3-4 inches, Third, Abbott, W. A., height 5 5 1-2 inches...
...eleven teach and thirty two go into business. The oldest member of the class is twenty-eight years of age and the youngest nineteen; eighteen are over twenty five, and twenty-one are minors. The average weight of the class is 132 4 pounds, and the average height five feet and eight inches. The average expenses of the course are given for their respective years as follows: freshman, $939; sophomore, $1,041; junior, $1,115; senior, $1,215. The highest amount expended in any year was $4,700; the lowest...
...second race was for doubles and the course was one mile. Stetson and Niles led almost to the finish but swerved from the course and Hughes and Taylor overtook and passed them, winning by five feet. Wells and Youngman finished third. Professor Trowbridge was judge at the finish, and J. W. Lund L. S. was referee...