Word: finished
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile walk, Phillips and Liebman were much faster than the other men who took part and finished half a lapahead. Phillips set the pace from the start and by a good spurt near the finish secured a lead of 15 yards...
Both the dashes were closely contested and the honors were divided between Bigelow and Redpath, who proved very evenly matched. The hundred yard dash was particularly close and at the finish there was barely a yard between the first and fourth...
...semi-finals and finish of the Newton indoor tennis tournament for the indoor championship of the United States were played Saturday afternoon and evening, and were the occasion of much good tennis. Both matches in the semifinals were well contested, E. Sheafe beating E. R. Marvin '99, 2-6, 6-5, 6-1, and R. C. Thomas '96, defeating A. Codman '96, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. In the finals between Sheafe and Thomas, at one time it looked as if Sheafe would win in the three straight sets, but Thomas braced up in the third and fourth sets...
Number 7, Marvin, weight 158, rushes his hands into his body and does not hold himself up with his toe straps at the finish and consequently slumps...
Mills hangs badly at the full reach, loses snap quickly and rushes his slide at the finish...