Word: length
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class relay swimming races will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in the Dunster tank. There will be four men on each team and every man will swim four times the length of the tank, a total distance of about 50 yards. The Freshman team made the best time in the trials...
...chances" were taken. For instance, a patient, under ordinary circumstances, with a dislocated semilunar cartilage, would be perfectly contented to lead a more or less quiet life for a considerable length of time. The football player, however, as soon as the acute symptoms have disappeared, is quite unwilling to be prevented from playing. In no case was any sedative drug used in order to deaden the pain of an injury so as to allow a player to take part in a game before recovery was complete...
...character of the injuries was variable, but includes what is ordinarily spoken of as "strained back," which oftentimes leads to very marked disability for a considerable length of time...
Sprained ankles.--The injuries of this type were not, on the whole, severe, and in no case was a player kept out of the scrimmage for any considerable length of time. The ankles were treated by heat, massage and by strapping, although in one case a special apparatus, somewhat resembling a valgus shoe, was worn by a player throughout the greater portion of the season...
...length of time during which players were incapacitated from taking part in the game. In answer to the circular letter the players stated the number of days that they had been kept out of the play by their injuries. The aggregate number of days during which players were incapacitated previous to this season was 864. The aggregate number of days during which players were kept out of the play during the season of 1905 was 1,057 days, that is an aggregate practically of three years. In regard to the apparent excessive amount of incapacity during the season...