Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...yard dash for novices, F. O. Bergquist '12 broke the tape in 5 seconds. After this event came the handicap dash, in which P. G. M. Austin '13, with three feet handicap, finished second. The next race, the half-mile run, was entirely Harvard's. With a lap to go, S. Nichols '13 took the lead, followed by P. R. Withington '12. Then H. M. Warren '13, running with fourteen yards handicap, broke loose in the last sixty yards and passed both Nichols and Withington, beating the former by six inches in 2 minutes, 3 1-5 seconds...
...little faster than J. K. Lewis, Jr., '11, and made up the lost ground so that H. W. Kelley '11 was only a yard behind R. C. Foster '11 at the start of the last relay. Kelley hung to Foster and almost succeeded in passing him on the second lap, but the latter was a too fast. The time of team A was 3 minutes, 14 seconds...
...board track on Soldiers Field is being prepared for the fall and winter work of the track team and will be ready for use sometime next week. It will be 130 yards to the lap, the same length as the track of the Boston Athletic Association in Mechanics Hall, Boston. There will also be a 50-yard straight away entirely independent of the circular track...
...runners all got away from the start well and kept bunched for the first two miles. Near the end of the first lap of three miles, Withington went into the lead and was running well at the beginning of the second lap. Gray of Yale was third at this point; Jones, seventh; Berna, eighth; Jaques, ninth; and Lawless, tenth. In the open country beyond, Withington and Gray gradually fell back, and at the beginning of the last mile the Cornell runners, Jones and Berna, went to the fore...
...consolation cross-country run, held yesterday afternoon over the 5-mile Chestnut Hill course, was won by A. Whitman '11. W. F. Ryan '11 was second, and C. W. Whitall '13 was third. At the end of the first lap Ryan was leading, with Whitman, Tugman and Whitall following closely in the order mentioned. Whitman sprinted in the second lap and finished eight seconds ahead of Ryan, in the very good time of 34 minutes. C. W. Whitall '13 was third, and W. M. Tugman '14 was fourth. Cups for first and second places will be awarded to Whitman...