Word: anchoring
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...yards, the third 440 yards and the fourth 880 yards. The best relay teams in the country will compete in this event as well as in the distance medley, where the first man runs a quarter, the second a half, the third three-fourths of a mile, and the anchor man a mile. Last year these two races were won in record time and this year, from the condition of the contestants, it would seem that the times would be lowered still more. As these events are considered next in importance to the one-mile college relay race championship...
...part. He has encountered some speedy opponents in previous races this winter and has invariably gained several yards on them. He is a hard runner and goes out with the idea of beating his man by as long a distance as possible. Captain Bingham has been the anchor man on both the short distance and long distance teams. His gameness and general all-round racing qualities, which place him as one of the best of college middle distance runners, are well known. Thus far this season Meredith has been the only man who has been able to beat...
...Biddle '16, H. W. Minot '17, T. R. Pennypacker '16, E. A. Teschner '17, and W. Willcox, Jr. '17. The Pennsylvania team includes F. Kaufman, F. Lippincott, J. E. Meredith, and Leonard, the only new man this year. J. E. Meredith and W. J. Bingham '16 will be the anchor...
...give way in the final stretch, and Lippincott, the Pennsylvania captain, was given a slight lead over W. Willcox, Jr., '17, Harvard's third man, and barely maintained his advantage. In the last relay W. J. Bingham '16 made a game fight for the race with Meredith, the Pennsylvania anchor man, but was beaten by five yards. The time of the University team, 3 minutes, 19 3-5 seconds, was under the intercollegiate record of 3 minutes, 22 3-5 seconds, made last year by Harvard...
Captain B. M. Fullerton, '16 will be the mainstay of the team in the distances and as anchor man in the relay. The other experienced men in these events are, W. T. Jenney '17, J. A. Machado '17, S. J. Rogers '17, J. W. D. Seymour '17, and H. Wentworth '17. In the plunge A. Dixon, 3rd, '16, performed consistently and is sure to be a point winner next year, while K. F. Jackson '17 and W. L. Monro '16 did good work in the diving. R. M. Benjamin '17 was steadily improving in the plunge when forced to give...