Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...often have been asked whether I consider Berna's record to be within the reach of Tibbetts of any other competitor in the forthcoming struggle on May 29. Frankly, such an opinion must be based on pure guesswork, for the weather must be just right, the track fast and the competition keen. An adverse wind would militate against a runner of Tibbetts' comparatively frail physique, but if conditions are ideal it is within the possibilities that the collegiate record will be lowered...
...game has to equal for speed and endurance, and the development of these features has probably done more to attract the public interest than anything else. Always a fast game, the shortening and improvement of the lacrosse stick made it still faster. The original stick was little more than a flat net on a long handle, and to control the ball with it was little short of marvelous. The modern mentors of the game saw that a shorter stick with a deeper webbing would make for quicker, castle and more accurate handling of the ball. It would prevent a slowing...
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...glass cases in a restaurant in Berlin were stretched two men, thin, weak, but happy. They, Otto Klein and Max Kramer, were enduring a fast. People around them ate beefsteak; Herr Klein and Herr Kramer sipped Vichy water. Patrons of the restaurant devoured schnitzel, wienerwurst; Herr Klein and Herr Kramer smoked cigarets. For 45 days this painful scene went on, greatly to the advantage of the restaurant. On the 45th day Herr Klein and Herr Kramer were lifted from their cages. They had beaten by a day the world's record fast of 44 days set by Herr Jolly...
...conditions for the race were fairly good, the water was rather rough, but the freshening breeze was behind the crews.. The time was not particularly fast; it will be remembered that about a year ago the 1928 crew covered the course in 9 minutes 10 seconds. However, the present Freshman eight has been on the water a compara- tively short while and has had no racing experience...