Word: finish
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...race with Yale in the Boston Athletic Association's nineteenth annual indoor meet, at Mechanics Hall, Saturday night, owing to Van Brunt's collapse in the last lap of his relay. The 1911 team, however, decisively beat the Yale freshmen. The Sophomores won the interclass race in a close finish with the Juniors. A number of Harvard undergraduates and graduates took part in the individual events, L. W. Bangs '08 doing especially creditable work by winning the 16-pound shot...
...Liszt pieces were played by B. J. Fitzgerald '08 with uncommon technical finish and grasp of style. Possibly the most satisfactory performance on the program was that of Schumann's Andante and Variations played by G. L. Foote '08 and J. A. Warner '09. It was exquisitely phrased, interpreted with fine appreciation of its varying moods, altogether a performance of real artistic merit. Mr. Clapp especially distinguished himself in the Scherzo by Foote, and in the rousing vitality of his rythm in the Brahms Rhapsodie...
...week of celebration of John Harvard's three hundredth birthday was brought to a glorious finish last night when the undergraduate part of the program was carried out. President Eliot's address, the torch-light procession to the Stadium, the bonfire on Soldiers Field, and the return to the Yard were the features of the celebration. Unique in the history of the present College generation, it will be remembered by all who saw it, whether as participants or spectators, as one of the most beautiful sights that Harvard has ever witnessed, surpassing in some respects the illumination of a Class...
...Haskins of Pennsylvania won the individual championship beating J. P. Halstead of Cornell by fifty yards and breaking the record for the course. His time was 35 minutes, 9 1-5 seconds. G. H. Whitely of Princeton led until a quarter of a mile from the finish, when he weakened badly and finished in fourth place. The University team, who have been accustomed to running on roads and firm fields, were considerably handicapped by the soggy condition of the Princeton course. Dole won a splendid race and came in sixteenth, while Captain Crosby finished twenty-second...
Each team is composed of not more than nine men, but only the first six to finish will count in the scoring. First place in the race will count one point, second two, and so on, the team scoring the least number of points winning. Individuals finishing first, second, and third will receive gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively. Medals will also be given to the, teams winning first, second, and third places...