Word: finished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high, slipped in an early heat and failed to qualify. Fletcher was third. Murphy's race in the 300 was one of the features of the evening. He ran brilliantly for two full laps, leading a field of much more experienced men, but ran himself out before a sensational finish when two Dartmouth men snatched the two first places from his grasp...
...University's first relay victory avenged the defeat which the M. I. T. runners had administered two weeks before. In the lead-off J. S. Murphy Jr. '25 and Tench took turns at capturing and losing the pole for two and a half laps, but Murphy's strong finish in the last 50 yards sent Vinton Chapin '23 off with a five-yard lead over Holden of Technology. This advantage the Crimson runner was unable to retain, for he was soon passed and was three yards in the rear when he handed over the baton to J. E. Merrill...
Overcoming their opponents' lead in a whirlwind finish, the University basketball team defeated Worcester Polytechnic Institute by a score of 31 to 28 in Hemenway gymnasium Saturday night. This was the second time this year that the Crimson has defeated Worcester, having won the first game on January 27 by a score...
...that Chapin had gained and started Burke ten yards behind the Green anchor man, Letteney. The Crimson leader devoted the first three laps to bringing himself up on even terms with Letteney, then passed him on a straightaway, and had gained a lead of almost 20 yards at the finish line...
...measure due to the influence of the Oxford debaters who met the University team in Symphony Hall last fall. The speeches this year will be 15 minutes in length, with the exception of the first of each side, which will be only ten. Each speaker will be allowed to finish his speech with some degree of liberality in the matter of time...