Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...seemed a certainty, but Aronson was so quick with his throw that the runner was obliged to stay at third. Again in the eleventh Templeton singled to left with a man on second, but the run was prevented by Dana's rapid return of the ball. Currier played a better game behind the bat than on the day before. He caught a remarkable number of foul flies, seven in all. Hicks was a little unsteady at times, but as usual finished strongly...
...inches, set by himself and five others in the preliminaries Friday. In several other events, records were closely approached. The half-mile was won by Beck of Pennsylvania in 1 minute, 56 3-5 seconds, 3-5 of a second behind the record held by Parsons of Yale. With better weather conditions a full second would probably have been cut off of the time in this event. Howe of Yale ran the 120-yard hurdles in 15 2-5 seconds, 1-5 of a second behind the time made by Shaw of Dartmouth last year. Talbott of Cornell was unable...
...finals. The anxiously awaited race between Foster of Harvard and Dawbarn of Princeton in the final heat resulted in an emphatic victory for the former. Dawbarn finished only fourth and Craig was Foster's nearest competitor for first. Minds led for the first few yards but could not do better than third...
...Pennsylvania runners, had things all their own way and took the first two places. Paull seemed perfectly fresh, notwithstanding his record-breaking race in the mile earlier in the day. In all probability he could have beaten Beck and established another record, but he made no attempt to take better than second. On the final stretch he carefully gauged the distance between himself and French of Cornell, taking care to keep just out of reach. French in turn was in no danger of losing his position to Spitzer of Yale, who finished fourth...
...five of the high-jumpers did better than on the day before and cleared 5 feet, 11 1-4 inches. As no one could clear the next height, 6 feet, 1-2 inch, the 11 points were divided, giving 2 1-5 to each...