Word: heights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lacrosse season is now at its height and the 'varsity and freshman teams are hard at work. Since the freshman year of the class of '88, each class has put a freshman team in the field, but never has the prospect for a good twelve been brighter than at present. The number of men now trying for the team is large and the material very good. The men come out every afternoon, and after practising with the stick usually play a game with the 'varsity team. In consequence of this steady work, they are improving rapidly, not only in handling...
...waist, he made the ascent in 21 1-2 sec., coming quite close to the record. The high kick brought out E. E. Buckingham, L. S., and R. B. Hale, '91. Buckingham could not touch the disk at 8 ft. 6 3-4 in., and Hale at the following height. Hale thus took the event with a kick of 8 ft. 6 3-4 in. The flying rings was the next event. M. F. Pillsbury, 89; M. D. Hull, '89; Barney, '90; Myers, '90, and Henderson, '91, were the contestants. Pillsbury was given first place and Hull second. The tumbling...
...fence vault. Of the six entries but four men appeared-R. C. Williams and H. G. Bradlee of the M. I. T., and J. Connor and R. E. Grant of the Union Gymnasium. Williams and Connor both did 6 ft. 9 in., and, failing in the next height, the event was given to Connor on a handicap for size. The standing high jump was the next event. Out of five entries the contest narrowed down to Mason. M. I. T., and Curtis, H. A. A. The failure of both at 4 ft. 8 3-4 in. lowered...
...Rhinelander, 151 lbs.; 5, Q. A. Shaw, 149 lbs.; 4, M. Williams, 155 lbs.; 3 Van Rensalaer, 151 lbs.; 2, F. R. Bangs, 161 lbs.; bow, Parker, 146 lbs. The average weight of all the candidates is 154 pounds-a slight loss compared with former years. Their height is a trifle over the average and their age just about the average...
...base-ball cage is finished, and a short description of it may be of interest. The building is 140 feet long by 50 feet wide, 16 feet high at the sides and 26 at the highest point of the trusses, on which the roof is supported, or a mean height of 21 feet. There is afforded, therefore, an inclosed space of nearly 5,400 cubic yards. One end of the cage is doubly boarded to furnish a solid smooth surface for hand-ball practice. On the inside the ceiling is formed by wire netting, which extends the whole length...