Word: ely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bill Morris proved the star of the varsity mile relay team in the Knights of Columbus Meet in the Garden Saturday evening, as he outjostled Yale's Bob Kirschner on a turn, causing the Eli to drop his baton. Harvard eventually won the event by nearly 40 yards, as N.Y.U. took second, Columbia third, and Yale a poor fourth...
Actually, the varsity's mile win was just retribution for the drubbing the Eli two-mile relay team handed a second string varsity quartet. Yale won from B.U. in an exciting finish as the varsity finished fifth, a half lap behind Yale...
Mike Robertson, running lead-off for the mile relay team, ran fourth at the end of the first lap, nearly seven yards behind Ed Holohan of Yale. At a lap and a half he passed Columbia and moved into third, still nearly seven yards behind the front-running Eli. By the first hand-off, he was second, less than five yards behind Holohan...
...Cairns was unable to gain on Eli Bob Skerritt until just before the second hand-off, when a strong sprint brought him even with the Eli...
Third man Morris went through his first lap three yards behind Kirchner, but at the far turn pulled up to the Eli and went to pass him. As he tried to move in, Kirschner hit him several times with his elbow. Morris slapped at Kirschner's arm, accidentally knocking the baton out of his hand. From then on, the race was gravy. He passed to anchorman Dick Wharton thirty yards ahead of second place N.Y.U., Wharton eventually increasing the lead...