Word: batons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mile relay Greeley of Yale had the pole, but Tibbetts took the lead in the first half-lap. Greeley remained close at his heels the whole distance. Chapin took the baton from Tibbetts in time to start with a three-yard lead over Multer. A couple of bursts of speed in the last two laps enabled Chapin to hand a fifteen-yard lead to Cutcheon. Cutcheon ran a fast, steady six laps in which he widened the gap over Gibson. Haggerty, well known to local track fans, was cheered wildly as he rushed farther and farther ahead of Laughlin...
...spectacular recovery of three-quarters of a lap by R. H. Kobes '26 in the University medley relay race was the feature of the meet. L. L. Robb '25, still stiff from football injuries, got away to a poor start, and when he yielded the baton to Jefferson Fletcher '26 his opponent had a lead of a quarter of a lap. A slight loss of ground by Fletcher was recovered by B. R. Cutcheon '25, but when Kobes took the track the Tech man was still well in the lead. It was not many seconds, however, before the Crimson runner...
...Engineers, who ran the short distance in one minute five and two-fifths seconds. Followed the one-lap entry for University entries. But this race came to an untimely end when the fourth Tech runner became so absorbed in cheering his predecessor that he forgot to take the baton from him and carry on. The race was run over, and won by Harvard with a quarter lap lead in 1.03 3-5. A. H. O'Nell '28 starred for the Crimson first-year men in this event...
...quarter-mile relay was narrowly won for the University by C. G. T. Lundell '27. Bateman of Tech left his Crimson rival half a lap in the rear, when Lundell, Harvard anchor man, snatched the baton, regained the lost territory, and won by a scant yard...
Trig, bobbed, black-velveted, she waved the baton, now in her right hand, now in her left, worked furiously at the climaxes; sometimes she shook her fist at the trombones. After every number, the house burst into bravos. Early in the evening a huge wreath, surmounted by the British and American flags, was placed on the stage. Her admirers came to praise. Repeatedly she tried to make the orchestra rise and bow with her, but that organization of astute and courteous musicians remained obstinately seated. They knew that Miss Leginska believed herself to be experiencing the only sensible gratification which...