Word: flatnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high scorer of the contest, winning both the 120-yard high hurdles and the broad jump. In the former event he established a new Harvard Interscholastic Meet record, covering the distance in 15 3-5 seconds. Colson of the Allen School equalled the present record of ten seconds flat in the 100-yard dash...
...yard dash in the English meet held in March, Abrahams of Cambridge made the mark of 10 1-5 seconds; Gourdin last Saturday sprinted the distance in 10 2-5, but against the M. I. T. he reached 10 flat and against Penn State did 9 4-5. Feldman of Yale equalled the Englishman's record May 7 at Princeton. The American colleges, therefore, appear to have the advantage in this event...
...yard dash on their program, but in the 440 Butler of the latter institution ran his lap in 49 1-5 seconds. Wharton as over two seconds behind this on Saturday with 51 3-5 for his time. Stevenson of Princeton, who made the record of 49 flat against Yale, is the only member of the "Big Three" track teams who at present can be classed with Butler...
...Here is another example of how transportation costs affect the industry and commerce of a country. Transportation of graiff from the interior is usually by means of flat-boats and barges. One would imagine that this would be one of the cheapest forms of transportation there is, since there would be no lack of fuel charges, and the labor can be hired for a few cents a day. Yet in 1917, when wheat was selling for about eight cents a bushel at the place of production, the transportation charges from there to the United States were so great that...
...Krogness '21 and R. W. Fitts '23. These three men together scored 39 of the University's 69 points, Gourdin alone getting 18 of them. Gourdin had things all his own way in both dashes, winning his heat and the final of the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat, with a lead of several feet over his nearest competitor both times. In the trial heat of the 220, he held himself in, barely leading Downey of Tech across the tape, but in the final he cut loose and finished five years ahead of Howlett and Poolo, who got second...