Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Better weather for the games could not have been desired, and, as a result, the competition in every event was the keenest that has been seen for years. In no race or field event was the victory one sided. Two records were broken and several others dangerously threatened. Cornell maintained its reputation for sterling distance men by winning the half, mile, and two-mile runs, setting new records in the former and latter races. Caldwell proved to be the "dark horse" in the 880-yard run, beating both Brown of Yale and Meredith of Pennsylvania in 1 minute...
From the prospects it appears that either Pennsylvania or Cornell will win, Pennsylvania having perhaps the better team of the two. Though weaker than least year, Harvard will present some strong contestants...
...Michigan, and Reller, of Cornell. Since Bond has done 9 4-5 seconds this spring and since all are capable of 10 seconds flat, the winner is extremely doubtful. One thing is certain, if weather conditions are favorable, the victor will have to do 9 4-5 seconds or better...
Another Pennsylvania man, McCurdy, is the favorite for the two-mile run, and should repeat his victory of last year. McCurdy has made 9 minute. 35 seconds this spring, several seconds better than anyone else. Hoffmire, of Cornell and R. St. B. Boyd '14 are expected to engage in a duel for second place. Boyd has done excellent work in practice since the Yale meet, when he beat Hoffmire's time in the Cornell meet by 5 seconds, and should not only take second place, but should give McCurdy a hard fight. the winners of fourth and fifth places should...
...results of the field events are no easier to forecast than the track. Kohler of Michigan and Loughride, of Yale will probably take the first two places, in the hammer-throw, although Coolidge, of California has done better than 150 feet on two different occasions. Olmsted, of Columbia is another man who can do 150 feet, while McCutcheon, of Cornell has made 149 feet. H. Sturgis '15, may secure fifth place, but a higher position is improbable...