Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University of Michigan base-ball team is playing under league rules, with the pitcher five feet further back than in the Eastern colleges...
...extremely disagreeable for those who looked on. Considering the heavy rain which had fallen all the morning, the track was in excellent condition and good time was made in several events. The only record broken was the Harvard record in the running broad jump in which Bloss cleared 22 feet 4 inches...
...together gradually drew up on him. On the last lap they passed him. Wight then had the pole and was slightly in the lead; Endicott tried repeatedly to pass him but did not succeed until the last curve when he made a final spurt and won by a few feet. Just at the finish Bardeen overtook S. H. Bunnell who fell so that the judges called the third place a tie. This point was counted for Harvard as Bunnell declined to walk another mile to settle it. Time...
...with only one Yale man in the finals. This was a very close race between Merrill and Richards. At the start Richards took the lead and in the middle of the course was well ahead. Merrill made a brilliant spurt near the finish and won by a couple of feet. Considering that Merrill had just won the quarter mile in 51 seconds his work in the 220 was phenomenal and cannot be too highly praised. This made the score 53 for Harvard to Yale's 43 thus making our victory practically certain...
Shea was the only Harvard man who put the shot. He began with a put of 40 feet which he increased to 40 ft. 8 in. There he stopped and no Yale man could equal him. Hickok was second with a put of 39 feet and 4 inches with Lyman third...