Word: kirley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the many brilliant individuals who will compete today, several stand out with particular prominence. Among these are Murchison and Waterman in the dashes, Christianson in the hurdles, Allen and Dudley in the quarter, Burke and Kirley in the half, Ray, Kennedy, and Watters in the mile, Gourdin in the broad jump, Brown in the high jump, and Dandrow in the hammer and discus, throws...
...Captain Burke, if the starts, will all get off together in the 440-yard run, with Kane, the next nearest Crimson runner five yards ahead. In the 880-yard distance Allen, Burke, and Watters will be the University men on the scratch line, and beside them will start Kirley of the B. A. A. In the extra mile event Cutcheon and Kirley of the B. A. A. will probably be the nearest runenrs to the starting line. In the two-mile race the scratch men will be Lund and Watters. Dalrymple and Herrigan of the Derchester Club, and Fleming...
...Allen '26 won a second place in the half-mile, which was probably the most interesting race of the afternoon. Starting at scratch with A. T. Kirley, the Boston College runner, he worked his way up to a challenging position at the end of the first lap. Kirley, however, passed him at this point, and both outdistanced the rest of the field at the straightaway. Allen gained several yards in the final sprint but lost the race by a few feet...
There are several runners entered in the meet who have approached the mark established in the half-mile in 1909 by W. J. Bingham of Exeter, who is now coaching the University track team. With Allen of Andover, Jones of Exeter, Tibbetts of Worcester, and Kirley of English High entered in this event, there will be some hard competition, and it is possible that the winner will be forced to better Bingham's time. Captain Robertson of Huntington School may break the record in the quarter if he is pushed hard enough by his competitors...