Word: behind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...population. College Hill and Tufts College were passed at a round pace, and then all came across to upper North Avenue. The break was made about three-fourths of a mile from home at a point near Linnaen street. The first hound in, Bailey, '88, was fifteen minutes behind the hares, who thus won easily. Bailey, Dana and Dudley receive prizes. Lothrop, '87, was second, and Wheeler, '86, third hound...
...list of officers chosen to represent eighty-six on her coming class day verifies the prediction made in the columns of yesterday's CRIMSON. The names of the gentlemen elected are sufficient to carry the assurance that the seniors of to-day will be not a whit behind their predecessors in the success of their class day observances...
...Allen, '86, 1b., Phillips, '86, 2b., Weed, '86, 3b., Wiestling, '87, s. s., Nichols, '86, 1. f., Bingham, '89, c. f., and Ferry, '86, r. f. Afterwards some of these players gave way to Edgerly, '86, Woodbury, '86, Litchfield, '87, and Willard, '87. Young, '89 shows up well behind the bat; he holds fast to the ball, recovers quickly, and throws with considerable accuracy. He is a man of about Allen's build, and resembles him somewhat in his general style of catching. Various changes were made in pitchers, Ferry, '86, Litchfield, '87, and Bingham, '89, all tried their hand...
...mile buoy both crews were bending to their work with a 40 stroke, the crimson leading by four open lengths. Time, Harvard, 6m. 1s.: Culumbia 6m. 22s. Columbia now struck into a 44 stroke, only to reach the mile and a half flag in 9m. 37s., 32s. behind Harvard. The race was now virtually over, as Harvard dropped to 34, and passed the line ten lengths to the good. Time, Harvard, 12m. 22s., Columbia...
...Yale in 3m. 12s. Upon entering the second half-mile rough water was met, but the waves were not high enough to seriously incommode the oarsmen. At the mile flag the time was taken at 5m. 52s. for Harvard. Yale passed the flag 20 seconds later, and four lengths behind. The crews were pulling 40 and 42 respectively. At the mile and a half flag Harvard was timed at 36 strokes to the minute, and Yale at 40, yet Yale had fallen still further to the rear, and was now seven lengths astern of her rival. A few minutes later...