Word: lapse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Exercise has always been a source of enjoyment to Professor Lanman. When the Hemenway Gymnasium was completed, he spent many hours on the track, counting the laps by reciting the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Since the building of the Charles River dam, he has rowed more than 7,000...
Joie Ray, U.S. runner, shot from the starting line like a sprinter running a dash, circled five laps of Madison Square Garden without slackening. Behind him came three runners. Behind them came Nurmi. The crowd roared. Ray was the favorite. Was it not a ¾ mile race?his best distance...
If the members of the Notre Dame relay team can run as well as they can play football, there should be stiff competition at the Knights of Columbus games at the Mechanics Building on Saturday night when they meet the University's short relay team. The race will be twelve...
In the two-mile relay Greeley of Yale had the pole, but Tibbetts took the lead in the first half-lap. Greeley remained close at his heels the whole distance. Chapin took the baton from Tibbetts in time to start with a three-yard lead over Multer. A couple of...
This time, however, there were no ogling blacks, no steaming coffee, no apples, no diner. What to do? Nurmi's retainers noised his plight about the train. A New York Central brakeman, famed as a heavy eater, sidled up to the famished Finn modestly offered three succulent sandwiches. The...