Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mile. Floto of Princeton jumped ahead at the start, but the Pennsylvania captain shot into the lead at the turn, followed by Floto and Bingham. The pace proved too fast for Windnagle of Cornell and Overton of Yale, who had already run the mile. Just after passing the one-lap mark, Bingham passed Floto and closely followed Meredith. They both lengthened out on the far straightaway, drawing away from the rest of the field. Meredith and Bingham raced around the last turn with the latter on the outside at the Pennsylvanian's elbow. Down the final stretch they came...
Overton of Yale set the pace for three laps of the mile. The quarter was covered in 57 2-5 seconds, with Overton, Willson of Stanford, Carroll of Michigan, and Windnagle of Cornell running in that order. Brown of Technology came up at the end of the second lap, which was timed in 2 minutes 3 4-5 seconds. Windnagle and Carroll were running strongly and moved into second and third places respectively at the end of the third lap, with Overton still ahead. On the last lap Windnagle lengthened out, passed Overton, gathered speed all the way around...
...Raymond '17, H. W. Rose '19, M. Rosenberg '18, H. Sahlman 1G., J. Schneider '17, T. K. Selkirk '18, J. J. Sexton '18, R. C. Shaw uL., J. B. Shohan 1G., H. E. Skwer '18, A. L. Skinner '19, L. I. Smith 1G., A. M. Sonnabend '18, A. LaP. Strehlke '18, M. S. Swanson '18, F. S. Swayze '19, M. Taylor '16, J. Tepper '18, J. L. Tildsley '19, W. W. Torrey '19, B. C. Van Tine '16, R. Vicario 2L., C. P. Wallace '18, J. Watchmaker '16, J. M. Waterman '16, S. Weber '17, L. Wheeler...
...aspect is usually over-emphasized. While business, especially during the past generation of rapid exploitation of the country's resources, has offered some enormous money prizes, the average business man's income is moderate. And though good fortune plays its part and seems occasionally to pour wealth into the lap of its favorites, the average business man gains his modest "competence" by a combination of knowledge, persistence, good judgment in estimating values, and courage in making or seizing opportunity. Everyday business is not an adventurous speculation...
...mile race was won by Potter. R. H. Davison '17 stumbled and fell in the fifth lap in this race. But although he got up and continued, he was unable to place...