Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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KIKI?Lenore Ulric entering the last lap of her inordinately long career as the Parisienne who wasn't a bad girl after all. She wears an attractive checked skirt in the first...
...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-yard lead, which was gradually increased in spite of the efforts of the English runners...
Snatching a lap from the straining pack in the waning minutes of the final hour the two Alfreds, Goullet and Grenda, won the 34th six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan. This final hour offered the most intense drama ever presented in the great wooden saucer. Oscar Egg and Peter Van Kempen, the Swiss-Holland team, were far in the lead for points when Gastman and Lands, of Newark, caught the field in a jam and stole a lap. With 30 minutes to go the race seemed finally theirs. The veteran Goullet, sensing the exhaustion point...
...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...
...Burke in the 600 and 1000-yard runs. In the former he led all the way; in the latter the allowed two Hanoverians brief glimpses of first place; in both cases he won as he pleased and came within three-fifths of a second of record time. The bell lap of the 1000 was especially sensational when Burke swung wide and dazzled the crowd with one of his typical finishes...