Word: inch
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Columbia from Princeton and Yale. The first pull was won by 10 inches and the second by 18. Yale and Princeton pulled for second place and the former won by 1 inch. The winning team was composed of Douglas captain; Robertson, Monks and Miller...
...century. There is an other case filled with Babylonian and Assyrian seals, cylindrical and conical in shape, used as charms against evil spirits and also for stamping written documents. They are carved with emblems of the gods, men, animals, etc. A unique object is a lapislazuli disc about an inch and a half in diameter, once the property of a temple. It was presented to a certain god for the life of the donor,-perhaps for his rescue from some danger...
...running high jump A. H. Green, H. A. A., dropped out at 5 feet 9 1-4 inches; C. D. Heywood, M. I. T., dropped out at 5 feet 10 1-4 inches; J. E. Morse, B. A. A., dropped out at 6 feet 1 1-4 inches. The event was won by G. R. Fearing, H. A. A., 6 1-4 inches; J. E. Morse, B. A. A., second, 5 feet 11 1 4 inches. The bar was then placed at 6 feet 3 1-4, one inch higher than the world's record, but Fearing was unable...
...event of the evening was the high jump. G. R. Fearing '93 broke the world's indoor record three times, first 6 feet 1 inch, then 6 feet 2 inches, then 6 feet 2 1-4 inches. His jumping was beautifully easy and he does not by any means seem to have done the best he will ever be able to. A. H. Green '92 also did very well, beating his own record by several inches by jumping 5 feet 11 7-8 inches. Fearing had already won his heat in the 75 yards dash...
Running high jump-G. R. Fearing, scratch; A. H. Green, 1 inch...