Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Duffield is also behind in getting his oar in, besides rowing out of the boat. His finish is stiff and he draws his hands into his lap...
...contested and exciting finishes were the rule. Elliot, Holmes and Brinckerhoff dropped out in the semi-finals, so Harvard was not represented in the last race. In this the men remained bunched from start to finish and the pace was fast,- so fast that on next to the last lap Sims and Ottman fell on the course. Even without Sims, Glenny of Yale was forced to be content with third place. Goodman, C. C. N. Y., won first, and Gorbey of Cornell second. The time...
...mile walk Phillips of Harvard was ruled off on the third lap as he was taking the lead. He had heard no caution, nor had any one seen one given as the judge, Mr. Frank P. Murray, asserted it had been. Phillips returned to the track, thinking he had been misjudged, but in the effort to overtake the leaders he ran and was taken off again. In his absence the race was won by Houghton of Amherst in 7m. 14 3-5s. Thrall of Yale took second by a spurt past Drew of Harvard...
...perhaps the prettiest race of the evening. Dadmun, of Worcester, and Merrill, H. A. A., drew far away from the field. On the last lap Dadmun was in the lead and apparently running strong. On the last stretch, however, Merrill forged ahead just in time to break the tape...
...mile run was fast. MacLaughlin and Allison, two Worcester men, made the pace at first and then Coolidge, H. A. A., went out ahead. He was passed, however, on the last lap by Blake, B. A. A., who won in 4m. 39 4-5s. Allison was third. Coolidge ran inside...