Word: behind
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...intercollegiate record in the half-mile was 1 minute 53 2-5 seconds made by Caldwell of Cornell two years ago. Meredith took the lead almost from the start of the race, but was continually spurred on by Captain Bingham of the University, who finished less than 2 yards behind. The making of a second such mark on the same day puts Meredith in a class by himself among American runners...
Another remarkable performance was Windnagle's winning of the mile in 4 minutes 15 seconds, only three-fifths of a second behind the mark set by John Paul Jones in 1913. Although not hard pressed, the Cornell runner finished with a great burst of speed...
...Freshman nine will line up against Morris Heights on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Leighton will probably go into the box for 1919 with Fuller behind the bat. Today's game is the last one for the Freshmen before the final conflict of the season with Yale at New Haven next Tuesday. The Morris Heights nine was defeated early in the season by the University second team 6 to 4, and was also beaten by Worcester Academy 8 to 6, so the first year team, which has been improving steadily, should be able to win this afternoon...
...small margin of one foot. N. P. Darling '17 won the Carroll Cup, easily defeating all his opponents. In the wherry race E. Holt '18 was in the lead, but got cramps about 100 yards before the finish, just managing to creep over second, four lengths behind N. L. Harris '19, the winner. The summary of the day follows...
This month marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Harvard Advocate. Besides this, however, the month marked the first time a University undergraduate publication has put behind it a half-century of unbroken existence, a fact truly remarkable in consideration of the vicissitudes of college journalism. The paper has outlived a dozen college generations, and in its lifetime has had on its board many now eminent poets and prose writers...