Word: heights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...feet in the air, and another that fires 50-pound projectiles 28,500 feet, both of which fire 14 shots a minute?so that a battery of eight projectiles can deliver 112 shots a minute; also, machine guns that will fire 400 half-inch projectiles a minute to a height of 8,000 feet...
...after eight trial flights, dropped its bomb in the water. The other plane, on its fourth flight, scored a hit. The bomb was a 1,440-pound armor-piercing shell, but without explosive. It did not pierce the deck armor, although it might have done so from a greater height (indicating that her deck armor should be heavier...
Tonight's game will see a piece of strategy in the use of McElroy at Center. Coach Wachter is planning to start him because of his height, which should be of material advantage for the first few plays, after which he will be replaced by Leekley. Otherwise the Crimson will line up as it has in recent games...
...Major Oscar N. Solbert, military aide to the President, commander of the White House police, making plans to gather a corps of Samsons for police duty, ruled that no new men should be accepted less than six feet in height. Six chosen last week ranged from six feet to six feet...
...small floor at Hemenway, which adds to the necessity of height especially in scrimmage around the backboard, is responsible for another change in the Crimson line-up tonight. Malick will start at guard in place of Morrison, who was Captain Samborski's running mate earlier in the season. Without Malick, the University would have only Leekley as a man above the average in height, and Coach Wachter is making preparations for a close game in which scoring on close shots may spell the verdict...