Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although O'Neil's remarkable performance in the half-mile was the feature of the afternoon, the mile and quarter-mile were also run in fast time. Allen of Andover, coming from the rear with a wonderful spurt in the last 100 yards, captured the quarter by two yards in 51 and three-fifths seconds...
Crossing from the outside position to the pole, Clauson of Worcester led for the first 100 yards of the mile with a fast pace. At the end of the first lap, however, he had dropped to fifth place, which he held easily, coming up to a challenging position in third place at the end of the half. He took second on the near turn of the third lap and sprinted past Smith of Andover, winning by five yards in 4 minutes, 38 and two-fifths seconds...
...feature of an afternoon replete with races. Rowing over the Henley distance of a mile and five-sixteenths for the honor of facing the M. I. T. 150-pound boat on Saturday, the combination crew forged steadily ahead to win by a full three lengths in the fast time of 7.24. The winners will probably meet Yale and Princeton...
...feature match of the tournament was between Captain E. H. Lane and E. L. Lane which was won by the former. Although the score, 7-3, was not close, the fencing was fast and each point was closely fought...
...last survivors of the Civil War are fast dwindling. The headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic at Des Moines announced that there were at the beginning of 1923 71,106 G.A.R. veterans as opposed to 85,618 a year before. The number of G.A.R. posts shrank from 4,218 to 3,659 in the same period...