Word: ft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Haydock with three other men tied for second place in the high jump at 6 ft. 1-2 in. The fact that Badman of Yale did not place in this event makes Haydock definitely a member of the Oxford Cambridge team. John Herrick in the discus turned in almost the poorest distance he has done this spring. His best was a little over 141 ft. while against Yale a week ago he threw 148 ft...
Brennan and Young captured fourth and fifth places in the hammer, Brennan throwing the iron ball 155 ft. 1 in. Young following him up with 152 ft...
Seized on by Texas fishermen as a crucial case last March was the application of Humble Oil & Refining Co. for permission from the War Department to drill a well in 18 ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico about a mile off the mainland of Jefferson County. In the Texas Legislature sportsmen and conservationists joined with fishing interests to fight for State action against the drilling, pass laws to keep Texas oil fields out of the water. This was the first time any oil company had proposed to drill in the Gulf proper and tarpon fishermen envisioned miles...
...over their beaches. They raised such a hullabaloo that a law was passed forbidding all tideland drilling. Then in 1933 oil engineers devised a new method of drilling called "whip-stocking," which enabled oil companies to drill on a slant, tap oil pools as much as 1,000 ft. away...
...with health and the love of life that he even got up early sometimes to watch the sun rise. The 13th day out of Hawaii he rose before dawn, dressed with his usual care, went forward to his favorite sunrise-watching spot, a door in the bow about 15 ft. above the water, kept open because of the halcyon weather. There he stood and watched the sun rise. As he turned to go, his foot slipped on a grease spot and he fell overboard...