Word: faster
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Since it was pitch dark no official time was taken. The second rowed a higher stroke than the first and after a final spurt was two lengths ahead at the two-mile mark. Freshmen lost most of this lead at the end of a mile. The last leg was faster but the first could not meet the spurt of the 1917 boat, and the latter finished three quarters of a length ahead...
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the University association football team will meet Princeton in the final contest of the year. A close and hard-fought game is expected, for although Princeton has won only one game out of five, she has developed a faster and stronger team than that of the first part of the season. A victory for the University by a margin of 2 goals is necessary to secure the league championship, as Pennsylvania is now leading by a margin...
...scrimmages of the last week, when the shortened rink was used in preparation for the game at New York. Omitting the usual preliminary drill, the University immediately faced the substitutes in an hour's hard scrimmage. The play was fast and at times marked by brilliant team-work. A faster attack together with swifter shots and passes characterized yesterday's work. Against the strong substitute defense, the University forwards showed an aggression and variety of play that resulted in four scores besides many dangerous shots...
...gave F. W. Capper '15 a lead of three yards on E. A. Teschner '17, which the Freshman captain all but overcame by a brilliant spurt, Capper winning by a foot in the fastest time of the meet, 5 minutes and 8 seconds, 1 minute and 6 seconds faster than last year's time. The teams were as follows...
...race was won by R. D. Campbell '17, second A. C. Hawkes '14, third, A. R. Bancroft '17, in the fair time of 2 minutes, 11 seconds, 4 seconds faster than the time for last year's event...