Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...officials of the London Underground Railways state that their trains are faster than those of New York, with the exception of expresses. The figures are for New York: locals, 13 miles per hour; expresses, west side, 20 miles per hour; east side, 23 miles per hour. London: no expresses; locals, 18 miles per hour; those skipping a few stations, 19 miles per hour...
They also state that Londoners walk faster than New Yorkers. Figures for New York: Broadway, average pace two and three-quarters to three miles per hour; Fifth Avenue, two and a half to three miles per hour. London: Strand and Oxford Street, three and three-quarters miles per hour...
...something like half the width of Broadway and that (due to the crowd) a sharp walk of three and three-quarter miles per hour is even a shade more than improbable. In Threadneedle Street, in the city, it can be said that the people, who swarm like ants, go faster than the presumptive vehicles that dare transgress its sanctity. In England all fares are paid according to distance; taxis are cheaper than in New York...
...result of the trial race held yesterday, the third University crew has been selected to enter the event for third eights at Philadelphia on Saturday. Crew C won from Sophomore A by half a length over the Henley course, covering the distance in 7.16--four seconds faster than that of University A under almost identical water conditions...
...paper Yale has a decided advantage but the, Crimson is relying upon a majority of second and third places to make up for the faster times of the Blue athletes. In the dashes the visitors have a considerable advantage though Captain Allen, will run Norton a close race in the hundred. The 220-yard dash should bring Yale more than one place as Norton, Wood, and Adler managed to capture all three places from the Princeton first-year men. Wood, who won the 440 in 51 1-5 seconds against Princeton is the logical winner of that event today...