Word: inched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Again in the shot put, a record escaped breaking by a small margin. Eastman heaved the 16-pound ball 46 feet 9 1-2 inches, only 1-2 inch short of the College mark established in 1907 by Mr. Henry Le Moyne '07. Lawler of the B. A. A., who was given a handicap of 1 foot 2 inches, had a total of 46 feet 1 1-2 inches...
...addition all the ships are being armed with cannon varying from one-pounders to four-inch guns. Sanction has at last been given to fire directly on the rum runners, with solid shot, and not merely across their bows...
...automatic, rapid-firing cannon, of 1.5 inch caliber, capable of firing...
...Philips Professor of Astronomy, discusses "The Comparison of a Milky Way Field with one at the South Galactic Pole", and gives some "Notes on the Structure of the Milky Way". The photographs upon which the article is based were made at the College Observatory, Arequipa, Peru, with a 24-inch Bruce photographic telescope...
...Gourdin '21, the holder of the world's record in the broad jump, will give all other contestants in that event a large advantage, the smallest handicap being that of Murphy of the University squad, who has been allotted 10 inches. In the high jump Brown of Dartmouth and Murphy of Newark will be the scratch competitors, with the three lowest handicapped Crimson entrants being Morse, Greeley, an Gerould, cach of whom has an advantage of 5 inches. Harwood and West of the B. A. A., in the absence of Davis, will be the only scratch men in the pole...