Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Law school is in the building in which are held the Common Pleas Court, the Superior, Criminal, and Civil Courts, and the Supreme Court, and within a stone's throw are the United States district and Circuit Courts; to all these court-rooms the law students are admitted with members of the bar, and have rare opportunities to see practical application of the principles which they find in their books. The Law School library is said to be the best in the country, containing all the English and American reports...
...runs were made in the 7th and two more in the eighth. In the ninth Brown made its only hit off Winslow, a high fly just over the fence at left field. Before Foster could get over the fence and field it back, the batsman, Gunderson, had made the circuit of the bases. The score at the end was thus 15 to 2 in favor of Harvard. The work of Beaman and Wiestling in the field was very fine, their stops and throws being phenomenal. Winslow led at the bat with a clean record...
...electrical paper reports a new device for aiding base ball umpires in their arduous duties, An underground wire forms a circuit with all the bases. When the base runner touches the plate, an electric bell rings in a small tower near the umpire's position. It is to be hoped that this device will be fully tested this season, and, if found useful, adopted all over the country. It will be a grand thing if, in course of time, an umpire can have all his duties performed by electricity; and if the inventor of this noble plan could only find...
...most important interior feature of the new building is the noble library hall, a room of grand proportions, with a triple-arch roof supported by iron truss-work, so that the floor space -113 by 75 feet-is unbroken by divisions. A gallery makes the circuit of it and the walls within reaching distance of the floor and of the gallery are lined with that best of decorations, books. The general arrangement is by subjects and every frequenter of the library has unquestioned access to the 25,000 volumes here shelved as a reference library. The floor is ditted with...
...breeze blowing, and for a long time the conoes did not move perceptibly, but finally Rand began to forge ahead, with Dunham close behind. By good luck in catching puffs, Rand managed to get a good lead, and went the rounds twice before the others had completed their first circuit. His time for the three miles was 1 hour 50 minutes. In the meantime Proctor and Dupham made a close and very interesting race for second place. Abbot soon fell way behind and withdrew. Proctor finally came in ahead of Dunham half an hour after Rand...