Word: feets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meet after Dr. Sargent's class in the afternoon and practice the strokes and positions of the feet and body. Sticks have been sent for by the instructor but have not yet been received and the ordinary gymsasium wands are being used at present...
Last year was the fiftieth anniversary of the coming of Agassiz to this country. It is hoped that the year 1897 will bring with it the means of extending the Museum 100 feet to meet the corner structure, which would complete the Museum edifice planned...
...difference between ice polo and hockey is, roughly, as follows: Ice polo is played with narrow sticks and a rubber ball and the goal posts are 4 feet apart and 18 inches high. In hockey the players use sticks broad and flat at the end, and a block or "puck" of solid rubber. The goal posts are 5 feet apart and 4 feet high. The make up of the team is practically the same, but the difference between the ball and "puck" affects the style of play somewhat...
...exercises. Of course the danger of fire could be minimized by having watchmen; but the danger of a panic can not be obviated without greatly reducing the attendance. Over 5000 people are now crowded into an enclosure which allows each one a space of little over two square feet. 4000 of these people are seated on the stands about the edge and very closely packed together to allow an open space in the centre for the exercises. The Corporation believe that this is too much like tempting fate to create a panic. Many causes of panic, such as fire, falling...
...hockey is played in a circular pit about forty-five feet across, the sides of which are three feet high. The visiting teams brought their own pit with them, in sixteen pieces which were bolted together and set up in the gymnasium. The pins are set up in a circle, the four white ones alternating with the four black, and each man has a pin to guard. The ball used is a polo ball. It is batted with a hockey stick. The object of the game is for each side to knock over with the ball the opponents' pins without...