Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Joie Ray, U.S. runner, shot from the starting line like a sprinter running a dash, circled five laps of Madison Square Garden without slackening. Behind him came three runners. Behind them came Nurmi. The crowd roared. Ray was the favorite. Was it not a ¾ mile race?his best distance? Had not his world's record (3 min. 5 sec.) stood unmenaced for eight years? On, on went Ray; he was two laps from the end, one lap. Then suddenly, soundlessly, a great wind passed him. Woefully he looked upon a pair of heels, the heels of Paavo Nurmi. Eight...
Relay team superiority and strength in the dash and shot-put were shown by the Crimson trackmen in the Knights of Columbus games Saturday night. Allen, the lead-off man in the 1560 yard relay against Notre Dame, put the race away for the University by turning in a twelve yard lead which Rogers, Robb, and Lundell held but did not increase. The time, 3.08, was only 1 4-5 seconds slower than the fastest mark of the evening made by Georgetown. The Freshman relay team running Tech had a walkaway in 3.16 1-5 after Luttman ran away from...
Miller Wins 40-Yard Dash...
...three of the invading relay men. With Kane out of town, it is probable that the University's four runners will be Robb, Allen, Lundell, and Rogers. Miller will have a chance to compete with a fellow-backfield man when he goes to the mark in the 40-yard dash with Adam Walsh, captain of the great Notre Dame football team...
...tape by a third of a lap. The University milers slipped in just ahead of M. I. T. and the Freshman mile quartet piled up a fifty yard lead over the Yale Freshmen. Miller surprised the packed Arena when she shot across the finish of the 40-yard dash second to Loren Murchison...