Word: lapse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The cinder path, in the new cage, is ten laps and 40 yards to the mile, and promises to be one of the fastest indoor tracks in the country. The wooden course is just above the cinders, and is 11 laps to the mile.
Lola Cuzarare, 14, won a shorter event for women, accomplishing 28% miles in 4 hr. 42 min. Her sister, Juanita, 16, mother of several children, had given up within sight of the goal. Lola evinced lack of fatigue by adding a few unnecessary laps in the stadium proper.
True to his promise, Wide led Hahn for the first nine laps. Hahn then passed the puffing pedagogue, won the race by a satisfactory margin of four yards. In so doing Hahn came within 1/5 second of the record, 4 min. 12 sec., held jointly by Nurmi and Ray.
"I don't know when we'll be through here. As soon as we get a new job to work on we'll hurry to finish this." Questioned as to the merits of the structure, he divulged that this was his beat effort. "It's 10 feet longer than the...
The Freshman team showed speed in its mile relay with the Holy Cross first year men, but finished 18 yards behind its opponents who ran a front race for honors. V. L. Hennessey '30, in the opening laps, made the outstanding Crimson bid of the race fighting at his racer...