Word: ft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...afternoon last week, ten men gathered to watch a fight-to-death between two brindle American pit bulldogs-four laborers, a streetcar conductor, two merchants, three smartly dressed gentlemen. In the centre of the garage, into which rain dripped through the leaky roof, was a crude boxlike arena, 12 ft. square, with an old piece of canvas on the floor. A dirty white blanket was spread on an oil drum, to receive the dead body of the loser. A bucket and sponge were ready to lave the winner's wounds...
...days when tradition made it obligatory for U. S. honeymooners to go to Niagara Falls, they did their most effective mooning at the local Wonder of the World from 1,248-ft. Falls View Bridge. Closest to the falls of the three bridges that span the Niagara River in that area, it was something of a wonder itself. It trembled in the wind, shook under heavy loads, but for 39 years managed to keep from crashing into the 200-ft. canyon below...
When the Falls View Bridge finally fell last week, it did not blow down like its predecessor or collapse-its piers were knocked out from under it. Ice, blown by gales out of Lake Erie and over the falls, piled up 90 ft. high in the river, ground into the bridge's unprotected piers set near water level. After 30 hours it simply pushed the base of the big 840-ft. arch at the U. S. end from its pier and the bridge fell. Useful chiefly for sightseeing, the collapse caused only a minor traffic problem between Niagara Falls...
Alexander Northrop disappointed expectations in the half mile. He gained sixth place and his time of 2:08 is the poorest he has done for a long time. Rob Haydock suffered even worse luck in the high jump. Though the Harvard record holder of over 6 ft. 3 in., Haydock barely cleared 6 ft. Saturday...
...high-jump drew a good deal of attention. It was won by a high school boy, Les Steers, of Pale Alto, California at 6ft. 5 3-4 in. Two Harvard jumpers competed, Guill Aertsen '40 and Bob Partlow '41, Aertsen, holder of the Freshman record at 6 ft., 1 5-8 in, cleared 5 ft., 11 in, and Partlow cleared the 6 ft., 1-4 in, mark, but failed at the next height...