Word: footed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Frank Thomson of Philadelphia, has presented a new launch to the Harvard crew. It is being built by the Cramp Co., and will have a possible speed of fifteen knots an hour, a much greater speed than that of the "John Harvard." It will also draw a foot less water than the "John Harvard," and is being built very low with an especial view to navigating the Charles...
...Varsity fall handicap track meeting was held yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field. In spite of the heavy track and the inclemency of the weather all the events were well contested and the times very good for fall races. All the heats of the sprints were close, scarcely a foot separating the first three or four men. In the final heat of the 100 yds. dash, Bigelow running from scratch, was gaining rapidly on the leaders, and would have finished first if there had been ten yards more...
Through the generosity of graduates ten handball courts are to be put up this week on the asphalt court behind the gymnasium. The fence at each end of the asphalt court is to be replaced by a wooden wall twelve feet high and one foot thick. Five handball courts, each fifteen feet wide, are then to be walled off along the ends. Two of these courts will be used by the baseball pichers, but the rest will be free to any one who may wish to play in them. The present overcrowded state of the indoor courts and the fact...
...outlook directly across the marsh, which after the park improvements are made will be a very pleasant one. The gridiron and all that part of the field within the running track will be prepared for use by first stripping off the surface to a depth of about one foot and then grading. The dirt removed in grading will be thrown over the dike in the extreme western corner of the field to obtain room for an extension of the track. After leveling and removing all dirt from the drain trenches the whole will be filled to an average death...
Harvard won the toss and sent Haverford to bat. Through the steady batting of Lester and Wistar, with 19 and 10 runs respectively, the score rolled up to 43, when Lester put his foot in front of a ball bowled by Adams. With Lester out, things now looked bright for Harvard, but Tatnall with 25 and Hawson with 14 runs, made a long stand which Harvard was unable to break until, with the score at 101, Carleton bowled both men with two successive balls. The last four wickets brought the total up to 117, of which Haines made...