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Yale's triumph in the 1927 relay was the result of a gallant sprint by her anchor man, Hutchinson, which changed a five-yard Crimson lead 75 yards from the tape into Blue victory which was only a shade from a dead heat. But despite this defeat, as near to victory as defeat can be, the 1927 team gave a remarkable performance...
...long pass from Cheek to McGlone was batted down by Leavitt. An end run by McGlone netted nothing. Another pass from Cheek was intercepted by Ellis on the '30-yard line. Cheek tackled Kelley on the next play after a five-yard gain...
...excellently. The feature race of the afternoon was the final event of the meeet between Boston English and Latin, the latter winning in 3 minutes 18 seconds. Haggerty, the first man for Latin, after getting away to a fast start was overtaken and passed by McKillop, who gave a five-yard lead to his teammate, Pickard. Sullivan, the next Latin runner, dropped the baron on the first corner, and, before he could recover itt, was many yards behind. He started immediately, however, and steadily gained ground, finally passing his opponent on the last lap and giving his successor a three...
...Crimson Freshmen, taking part in only two events, lowered the meet record in the relay by nearly four seconds, when Chase, running number two, passed his man on the second lap and handed over a five-yard lead which was doubled by each succeeding runner in turn. Chase also placed second in the Freshman dash...
...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 '24, who ran third in both races. Merrill did not gain on Joyce...