Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University race with Yale, in which each man ran six laps. Whitcher for Harvard held the lead until the fifth lap, when he was passed by Frissell of Yale. Both men fought hard on the last lap, but the relay ended with Yale three yards in the lead. Miller for Harvard and Stevens for Yale ran the next relay in which Yale slightly increased the lead. In the third relay Captain Minot pushed Tilson of Yale hard, but was unable to gain appreciably. Yale started the last relay with Parsons leading by five yards over Van Brunt. The latter...
...Yale freshman teams was one of the most exciting of the evening. Blachard of Harvard took the lead on the first corner, but soon lost it to Carey of Yale, who finished three yards ahead. In the second relay Hoyt lost a yard or two on the first two laps, but regained the distance on the last lap and pressed Mann of Yale closely. The third relay started with Merrihew of Harvard four yards behind Seymour of Yale. This position was maintained until the last lap, when Merrihew sprinted and passed his opponent, finishing five yards in the lead. Watson...
...upper class race was crosely contested. L. J. Freedman '07 took the lead at first, but was passed on the last lap by W. G. Wendell '09. E. V. B. Parke '08 finished a close third. In the second relay, however, P. C. Lockwood '07 regained the lead for the Seniors. C. T. Allen '09 and P. Edwards '08 finished second and third respectively. The same order remained for the rest of the race. W. D. Thompson '07, H. F. Howes '09, and M. C. Hutchinson '08 composed the third relay, and in the fourth were J. F. Doyle...
...most closely contested race was the 880-yard run, which was won by H. Green '08, with a handicap of 30 yards. On the last lap W. F. Whitcher '09, with a handicap of 10 yards, and A. S. Cobb '07, from scratch, closed up fast and finished only a few yards behind Green, Whitcher just beating out Cobb for second place...
...better advantage, as was seen in the Springfield game last Saturday. Toward the end of this work Coach Reid and Burr tried several goals from placement behind the line of scrimmage with rather poor success, the ball being blocked nearly every time. The whole squad ran a lap around the field...