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Word: finished (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defeated In Memoriam in the mile and a quarter match race for $20,000 at Louisville, Ky. He won by a nose after chasing In Memoriam to the last stride. It was possibly the closest finish in turf history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Zev | 11/26/1923 | See Source »

...remarkable scoring power which has netted the Blue over 200 points. The Harvard season, on the other hand, has been marked by a distinct lack of any offensive power. The eleven developed slowly and it was not until the Princeton game that it showed the high quality of finish and co-ordination commonly associated with Crimson teams. Moreover, Yale is to date undefeated while Harvard has been downed twice and tied once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE'S SIX VICTIMS BEAR WITNESS TO EARLY SEASON PROWESS OF BLUE ELEVEN | 11/24/1923 | See Source »

...managership competitions will be conducted this year under the usual arrangement, by which sophomore candidates for the position of second assistant manager will report next Monday for a competition scheduled to last until the end of February. Freshman aspirants will not start work until early in December, and will finish a week sooner than the sophomores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY PRACTICE GETS UNDER WAY AS GOAL GUARDS REPORT | 11/20/1923 | See Source »

...their training without any serious mishaps. Cobb pulled a tendon, but has completely recovered. Watters, whose ankle bothered him in the Tech meet, which was his first race of the year, has now worked up into prime condition. He is expected to be among the earliest in the finish tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARRIERS OFF TO FACE YALE AND PRINCETON | 11/16/1923 | See Source »

...refusal to accept defeat until the final whistle few, and, in the last three minutes of play, showed an attack and spirit, undaunted by the shadow of defeat, and almost successful in clutching the prize of victory. Ink a game that was fierce and clean-cut from start to finish Princeton has a right to finish Princeton has a right to say of its team that its "head is bloody but unbowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "NOTHING BUT VICTORY" | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

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