Word: pistols
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first regular shoot of the club was held on Saturday at Walnut Hill. Only five men turned out, as it was a very poor day for shooting, but in spite of the unfavorable conditions some creditable shooting was done. The best scores were: Pistol (22 cal.) at 50 yds.- C. H. Taylor 1900, 91; E. Malinckrodt 1900, 82. Revolver (44 cal.) at 50 yds.- C. H. Taylor 83. Rifle (38-55) at 100 yds.- B. F. Bell...
...scratch man in the finals of the hundred yards did not have half a show as the two winners both stole a couple of yards on the pistol...
...half mile run Bordman took the lead at the pistol shot and as had been arranged, set a hot pace for a lap and a half. When the Carey Building was reached, Hollister quickly took the lead and finished very strongly about twenty yards in front of Vincent. Bordman ran a very good race but was beaten out for third place by Crane...
...Scientific School are being made by Professor Scripture of the Yale psychological department. One of the most interesting of these tests is an arrangement for measuring a runner's reaction time down to the thousandth of a second which has been contrived in the Yale Laboratory. The starter's pistol is arranged so that an electric contact is broken when the pistol goes off. A thread is attached to the right foot of the runner which thread breaks an electric contact the moment the runner starts. Each of these electric contacts makes a spark on a smoked cylinder in such...
...pistol was fired by Mr. Willan at 4.08 both crews got well away. Opposite the boathouse Oxford had already got the canvas bow of their boat in front of the Cambridge boat. For the first minute Oxford rowed thirty-eight strokes and Cambridge thirty-six. Oxford was drawing ahead rapidly and at Bishop's Creek the Oxonians were leading by half a length...