Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spectacular recovery of three-quarters of a lap by R. H. Kobes '26 in the University medley relay race was the feature of the meet. L. L. Robb '25, still stiff from football injuries, got away to a poor start, and when he yielded the baton to Jefferson Fletcher '26 his opponent had a lead of a quarter of a lap. A slight loss of ground by Fletcher was recovered by B. R. Cutcheon '25, but when Kobes took the track the Tech man was still well in the lead. It was not many seconds, however, before the Crimson runner...
Freshmen Lose One-Lap Relay...
Lieutenant Wade was the pilot of the aeroplane "Boston" which met with a mishap, which almost proved fatal, on the home lap of the trip while crossing the Atlantic Ocean from England. This was only one of the many experiences which he went through in the eventful flight which encircled the globe for the first time in history...
...blue, trunks of black. In his right hand, he carried the little watch by which he timed his stride. He disdained, at the start, the conventional crouch. Ray (Illinois A. C.) and Hahn (Boston A. A.) both got away from the pistol before him. Through the first lap, while his competitors jostled for position, Nurmi kept in the rear; when the others had settled into a file, he jogged into the lead. Higgins, onetime Columbia University star, passed him at the 600-yard post; Nurmi paid no attention. He ran very erect, pulled his legs up in front...
...Metres. The track in Madison Square Garden has eleven laps to the mile (approximately 34 laps to the 5,000 metres). Willie Ritola, brother Finn, old rival of Nurmi, took the lead. At his heels came the flying robin's-egg jersey. Lap after lap the two circled, the field after them. Two laps from home Nurmi sprinted, left a gap of 5 yards, widened it to 10, to 15. Gamely Ritola hung on, his face twisted like a mask of torture, but this time Nurmi did not turn to look. Running like a sprinter who, throughout an afternoon...