Word: layers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hockey practice yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field was fast and encouraging. Except for a thin layer of snow the ice was in excellent condition and the cold weather helped to make the playing spirited. Two teams were formed and a game was played which lasted over an hour. In the first half each seven scored once; but in the second, after several changes had been made in the line-up, the first team improved and made nine more goals. These were due principally to the aggressive work of Winsor and Goodrich, each of whom scored four times. Penhallow and Souther...
...included. The general squad, consisting of upper class men who have not proved themselves worthy of positions on the University squad, will practice from 4 to 4.30. The Freshmen will be given the cage from 4.45 to 5.15. In preparation for the winter baseball work a new layer of earth has been put on the floor of the cage...
...tribes live together in small villages along the coast, which are composed of houses, each shared by two families. The houses themselves are constructed of driftwood and are covered with a thick layer of turf to render them air-tight. The entrance to these houses is an underground tunnel about thirty feet in length, which finally emerges through the floor of the one room. The furniture consists of a sleeping bench about six feet wide running the length of one wall, and a few racks for hanging clothes. The only other things that could be called furniture are two soapstone...
...baseball practice yesterday was held under most unfavorable conditions, as the cold weather and strong wind made accurate fielding very difficult. The diamond was in fair condition, though the new layer of dirt which was put on the base-lines during the recess is not yet thoroughly packed. After half an hour's batting practice at the nets the men were given their regular work in batting and fielding on the University diamond. Kernan and Reid started in the battery positions and later gave place to McDonald and Eldridge. J. D. Clark and Kendall played first base, Fincke second, Coolidge...
Length over all, 51 feet; beam, 7 feet 9 inches; square stern; timbers and frames of selected white oak, planked with white cedar in two thicknesses, the inner layer 1-2 inch, outer planking 5-8 inch; copper-fastened and riveted through timbers; garboards and upper strake of white oak; stern and planksheer of selected teak; decks laid in narrow strips of white pine; coaming for cockpit of quartered oak. In the after end of the forward cockpit is a bulkhead, forward of the boller bulkhead, in which is placed the steering wheel, this space is the full width...