Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...promising sprinter is W. M. Richards son of Professor Richards. He has good endurance from his experience as substitute full-back on the eleven. There are two other good men for the half-mile run and for the 440 yards dash, G. M. Laughlin and G. S. Frank. The fastest man for the quarter-mile run is H Chubb, though Butterworth is a good man. Scoville and Morgan will run the mile and have done good work during the winter. Brewster, who rode so well last year, is considered the best bicyclist, though J. W. Allen and E H. Young...
...races rowed since 1852 Harvard has won sixteen and Yale twelve. Of the races since 1876 Harvard has won seven and Yale nine. Yale has made the fastest time...
...stream and return. Both colleges entered two barges and Harvard easily won both places. From 1857 to 1870 a series of races were rowed on Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Mass. Crews from all the New England colleges were entered. Harvard won seven of this series and Yale two. The fastest time, 18 min. 2 sec., being made by Harvard in 1879. The next three races from 1871 to 1873 were rowed over a three-mile straight away course down the Connecticut River at Springfield. Yale won one and Harvard got two seconds. In the races held during the next three...
...Cycling Association has bard this year to give the college a to see a representative cycle meeting its own grounds. Almost double the number of last year's entries have been received and among them are four of the seven or eight fastest men in the country. Zimmerman is in England and Windle and Hoyland Smith are not yet fit. Of the four men who are down to ride, Berlo has a record of 2 min. 18 1-5 secs. for the mile and he finished first in a scratch mile at Worcester on Monday, doing 2 min. 25 secs...
Jackson has the greatest possibilities for a half-back of any candidate who has presented himself, but he seems to lack sand or confidence in himself. He is very apt to start slowly and get too far behind his blockers, but when once going he is the fastest man and best dodger on the team. If he will overcome his tendency to be satisfied with himself when he has made his five yards and will fight till he is down he will make a good...