Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Willcox drew an outside position, but shot out ahead in the first part of the 440-yard dash. Meredith came up near the end of the long straightaway and stepped into first position on the turn. On the final stretch the Pennsylvania captain rushed on steadily, drawing away from Willcox and setting up a new world's record of 47 2-5 seconds. Willcox weakened near the end and was passed eight yards from the finish by Riley of Dartmouth and Crim of Cornell, who placed second and third respectively only five yards behind Meredith. H. J. Richardson of Princeton...
...Princeton team, whose record up to date shows 10 victories out of 15 contests, has not had an entirely satisfactory season, owing chiefly to inopportune hitting and injuries. Link and Chaplin, the only pitchers to be relied on to come out ahead, have done excellent work in all their games, but at the present time Chaplin is out with appendicitis. His absence has materially weakened the team's strength, as there are no good second-string pitchers to fall back upon. The infield has been considerably bolstered by the return of Shea who was forced out of the game early...
...third event of the day's rowing, when the two first club crews, Eliot and Thayer, raced. They started at the Cottage Farm Bridge and were just below the Harvard Bridge when they sank because of the rough water. Thayer had, however, crossed the line one-half length ahead. All the oarsmen were picked up by the John Harvard and a Metropolitan Park Police launch...
...However, if the number of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth places are counted, the standing of the first six universities is changed, the points adding to the following totals: Yale, 696; Harvard, 617; Pennsylvania, 514; Cornell, 333; Princeton, 304; and Columbia, 137. In reckoning this way Michigan goes ahead of Columbia...
...half-mile was the feature race of the meet. C. C. Bassett '19 ran a pretty race and finished a scant yard ahead of Cheel of Yale...