Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...July 31 the American world fliers were to start on the last lap of their journey around the earth's crust. On that day the fog curled its haunches and lay down like a great gray beast from the Orkney Islands to Iceland. For two days, it did not stir. The fliers waited; all was ready. They had made the brief trip from Brough to Kirkwall easily, with a tall wind following them; in Kirkwall the engines had been tuned for the last time, final preparations had been made, even to giving each plane a carrier pigeon. The patrol...
...official log of Plane No. 2, recently made public for the first time, records the progress of the flight since the take-off on Mar. 9, and gives the complete itinerary projected for the last lap. The most hazardous point in the entire schedule is the stop in Greenland. Naval officers expressed apprehension as to the ability of the airmen to land on the ice with pontoons. Ice conditions are to be feared, as it will be impossible for the Navy to afford protection for the last 150 miles of the trip...
Tibbetts also ran a masterly race in the two-mile, taking the lead of the long field of runners whenever he wanted it, and finally, in the last lap, uncorking a sprint which brought him around the last curve at a 440 clip and brought him to the tape 40 yards ahead of Rosenburgh, the Virginia runner, who had seemed to be pressing him earlier in the race...
...week ago these two sensational quarter milers met in the final leg of the one mile relay championship at the Penn Relay Carnival on Franklin Field, Philadelphia. Bohannon, starting the final lap with a considerable lead, seized the baton and raced around the track in a remarkable dash which was unofficially clocked at 48 3-5 seconds, winning for his team the one mile championship, and for himself sudden fame as a quarter miler. Allen was far behind when at last the Harvard stick was handed to him, but he ran a sensational losing race, completing the circuit...
...yard run H. A. Secrist '27 won first place with a time of 54 seconds, and J. S. Malick '27 third in the mile run F. C. Haggerty '27 took the lead at the third lap and held it to the end, winning the race by 10 yards in 4 minutes 39 4-5 seconds. First honors in the high jump were divided between D. A. Moyer '27 and Franklin Hollis '27 at 5 feet 4 inches. The fourth first place to be earned by Harvard was won by R.L. Kilgeur Jr. '27 with a throw of 140 feet...