Word: finn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard has opened her stadium to the Phantom Finn for his last American appearance. It is naturally to be hoped for his sake and the sake of the thousands who will watch him that he will set up a new and lasting record in the mile. But it is of even greater importance that he will be treated with a courtesy and a hospitality equal to the occasion...
...held Friday, Nurmi will run after the Harvard-Princeton meet on Saturday. It has not been settled who will race against Nurmi, but whoever it is Major Moore declared it would not be a paced race. Nurmi's opponents will be handicapped so as to force the great Finn to his utmost...
...some hiding place unknown to all but his manager, Hugo Quist. Back came the messenger with the news that Nurmi would not run. At this, Manager Quist put on his coat, proceeded to a Turkish bath where Nurmi had been spending the evening, fetched him back. The flying Finn gave evidence of morose spirits. He had contracted a chest cold and had hurt his leg while swimming; hence his visit to the bath. He was tired. He jogged around the track, 21 2/5 seconds slower than his own record time of 4 min. 58 sec., content to defeat the other...
...trot, he saw up the track three runners thrusting forward, all ahead of him, due to the one hundred yard handicaps. Through the scattered field he pumped, lap and lap; now there were only two, now only one runner ahead of him. That one was Gunnar Nilson, a rival Finn...
...another race, Willie Ritola, "rival Finn," ran 5,000 metres in 14 min. 392-5 sec., thereby lowering the worlds' record of 14 min. 44 3-5 sec., made by Nurmi...