Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...games with Princeton. Five Yale players and one Princeton man rank, in the average of base hits, higher than our heaviest batsman, Willard; while the majority of the names of Harvard players appear at the bottom of the list. McConkey, the weakest batsman of the Yale team, ranks ahead of six of Harvard's players. This lack of ability to bat may be considered the chief cause of our defeat last June...
...nine and its captain. Bates, Henshaw and Gallivan led the league in their respective positions, while Willard's average was but 11 per cent, behind that of McBride. In batting, Knowlton led the nine with an average of 376. In the record of stolen bases, Knowlton is ahead, with Quackenboss a close second...
...class games at Princeton, Monday, the college record in putting the shot was broken by Janeway, '88. His best put was 37 ft. 5 in., which is 6 inches ahead of the previous record...
...turn. The entries were as follows: Stokes. '91 and Winthrop, '91; Herrick, '90 and Payson, '90; Crehore, '90 and Amory, '90; Potter, '91 and M. Williams, '91; Parker, '89 and Pulsifer, '90. This race was the closest of the day, Herrick and Payson finishing only a few feet ahead of Crehore and Amory. The time was 10 min. 14 1-2 sec. Considerable interest was added to the race by the capsizing of both the freshman canoes. Stokes and Winthrop went overboard at the stake, Potter and Williams on the home stretch...
...juniors secured a slight lead at first, but in their first spurt their bow had the misfortune to break his oar, which practically threw '89 out of the race. The contest between '90 and '91 for first place was exceedingly close throughout, each being alternately ahead. Ninety-one came in only a second behind '90. The University crew also entered the race and gave an exhibition pull, beating the sophomores by about a boat's length...