Word: straighte
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
SKATING.Why can't the Athletic Association give some skating-races this winter, and so help to fill up the dull season? A course could be easily laid out, on Fresh Pond or some other neighboring water, of say a straight quarter-mile, and races of a mile, half-quarter, hundred yards, etc., could be easily given. If the H. A. A. will do so, the editor of this column will give a $ 10 cup for a race of quarter-mile heats, best two in three. Such a race should furnish good sport, and fast time would doubtless be made...
...skipper's course was straight and true...
SUMMARY.New London, Conn. June 28, 1878. Third annual race of eight-oared University crews, four miles, straight away...
...acquisition of so plucky a player. Tyng once more resumed an active position on the Nine, but the weak batting of Amherst did not give him a chance to exhibit his skill in the field. Thayer made a brilliant catch of a hot liner, and Ernst held a fly, straight from the bat, in his left hand. Thayer, Latham, and Wright made a fine double play in the third inning...
Buoys have already been set out along the course at an eighth of a mile apart; and, as the straight course necessitates rowing over a shoal for a quarter or third of a mile at the start, a second course has also been made with a slight bend in it which follows the channel of the river...