Word: lead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Wilkie, of Yale, took advantage of his pole position in the quarter mile by sprinting at full speed for the first 300 yards, opening up a seven-yard lead on W. J. Bingham '16. The latter gradually closed up the gap but was unable to catch the Yale man, who crossed the tape in 49 1-5 seconds...
Captain G. F. Brown, of Yale, jumped into the lead in the half-mile and set the pace throughout., Finishing the first quarter in 57 seconds, he was unable to shake off. F. W. Capper '15, who stuck at his heels until the last stretch. Brown, in the last 100 yards, showed a wonderful burst of speed, beating Capper by 10 yards and cutting the dual record by 3-5 of a second...
Yesterday's practice was light, two of the regulars, Clark and Ayres, taking a rest. Mahan, who will be in the box this afternoon, will again lead off in the batting order. The line-ups: HARVARD. FORDHAM. Mahan, p. l.f., Kane Wingate, s.s. 3b., Carroll Clark, 2b. 2b., Kiernan Nash, 1b. c., Conway Ayres, 3b. 1b., Chapman Gannett, r.f. c.f., McGovern Milholland, c.f. s.s., McErlan Hardwick, l.f. r.f., Berrigan Waterman, c. p., Keelan or Martin
...meet, tying two of his team mates for first place in the high jump, and winning from Captain E. A. Teschner '17 in the 220-yard dash. The distance runs were perhaps the most exciting of the races. In the mile, R. S. Cook '17 took the lead at the start and, followed closely by W. J. Hever '17, held it until twenty yards from the finish when a remarkable burst of speed brought D. G. Bradley, of Andover, to the front, breaking the tape just ahead of Cook...
...best played games of the season the 1917 baseball team was defeated by Worcester Academy Saturday by the score of 4 to 1. Nichols, who pitched for Worcester, had the Freshmen under control throughout the game, allowing only four hits and striking out 12 men. Worcester jumped into the lead in the first inning, scoring one run, but the Freshmen tied the score in the second. The third inning brought Worcester another score and in the eighth two more were added...