Word: wiring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...today. These kites are about 80 feet long and have a sack or tail which fills with air and keeps the balloon steady. They rise to a height of 2,000 or 3,000 feet and are connected by a cable to an automobile. The cable has a telephone wire inside so that the operators in the balloon can telephone where they observe the shot to strike. The heads of the foreign armies and navies assert that the saving of ammunition from one day's observation will more than take care of the cost of the kite balloon. The balloons...
...Living Room of the Union was crowded by about 700 members Saturday afternoon who watched each play of the Harvard-Princeton football contest, from the CRIMSON's direct wire from the Palmer Stadium. A blackboard gridiron was set up on the platform so that each play could be shown. At intervals the Union orchestra played football songs and popular music, and the enthusiasm in the Living Room was almost as great as the enthusiasm of the eye witnesses...
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the first returns of the Princeton game will be announced on the score-board in the Living Room of the Union, which the CRIMSON is operating for the benefit of men unable to go to Princeton. A special wire has been leased by the CRIMSON from the press stand in the Palmer Stadium direct to the Union and reports will be received at 30-second intervals. The large score-board will show every detail including who has the ball, where he carries it, and how much he gains or loses. Punts, drop-kicks...
...benefit of those followers of the team who have had to stay at home the CRIMSON has arranged a score-board in the Union. No effort has been spared to make it a success; and a special wire will tick the plays off at intervals of thirty seconds. The enthusiasm and interest is not confined to New Jersey...
...opportunity will be afforded all those men who cannot go to Princeton Saturday to follow the progress of the game play by play on the score board which the CRIMSON will operate in the Living Room of the Union Saturday afternoon, starting at 2 o'clock. A direct wire has been arranged from the Princeton press stand to the Union and telegrams containing complete information--who carried the ball, where the play went, and ground gained or lost--will be sent off after each play. The progress of the ball will be recorded on a large chart and frequent announcements...