Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hanlan-Kennedy boat race at the Point of Pines was decided yesterday in favor of Hanlan, he coming in fifteen boal lengths ahead of Kennedy. Both men broke the three mile record, the time of the winner being...
...HUNDRED-YARDS DASH.A. S. Johnson and F. S. Billings, '83, and W. Baker and W. A. Stebbins, '86, entered for the hundred-yards dash. All the contestants had made good records and a close race was expected. Baker made a poor start, allowing the other men to forge ahead and Stebbins to win by a very pretty run in 10 3/8 sec., with Johnson second. Baker was pocketed by the men on the right, and was kept from breaking through from fear of being spiked...
...class races at Yale took place at 7.45 P. M. on Wednesday. The freshmen, who were ahead, stopped an eighth of a mile from the finish, a steamer crossing their track. The juniors and sophomores pulled to the finish in good form. As the freshmen's protest has been allowed, the race will be rowed over...
...only, and was contested by A. Bigelow of Harvard and L. B. Hamilton of Yale. Mr. Norton did not come to the scratch. Hamilton got the best start, and held the lead for the first half mile, but at the end of the third lap Bigelow easily forged ahead, winning by about 80 yards in 3 minutes 29 2-5 seconds...
...would have been if the captain had not had more authority than the coach, will steer the Yale boat. Mr. Tucker weighs 115 pounds and is twenty-eight pounds heavier than his predecessor was. He has had a long experience as coxswain and has always brought his crew in ahead. It was contrary to all advice that Mr. Tucker did not steer the boat last year. The only coaching that the crew have had or will have has been given by T. R. Hilliard, of the senior class. He has had considerable experience, and is thought by the crew...