Word: lenesse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Allen in the quarter-mile, Watters, who won the half last year, Haggerty and Cutcheon, fast milers particularly when pushed, and Tibbetts and Ryan in the two-mile run. Of these, Tibbetts has the best chance for a first. Watters this season will come up against heavy opposition in Leness of M. I. T., Crawford of Dartmouth, who has already beaten him this spring. Marsters of Georgetown, and Boyden of California...
Watters Noses Out Leness...
...greatest individual feat of the contest was the half-mile run between Watters of Harvard and Leness, famed Tech mid-distance man. Those, who witnessed the race will not soon forget the astonishing pace the palr set up from the crack of the pistol. Physically both men appeared in excellent shape, but as in all athletic competition physical condition is not all that counts. Undoubtedly Watters ran a more heady race than Leness and consequently he broke the worsted two yards in the lead. The Crimson half-miler took advantage of the Engineer's broad back to shelter him from...
...meet with M. I. T. on Saturday will be far from a practice affair for the Crimson. M. I. T. was badly beaten by Princeton last week but its showing against the Tigers revealed some individual athletes who should furnish stiff competition. The most formidable of these probably is Leness, the Engineer 880-yard man, who took first place against a big field at Princeton. In the recent Pennsylvania relays, be was timed for his leg of the medley relay race in 1.54 4-5 seconds, an exceptionally fast time...
...Against Leness in the 880 will be Watters, who won the intercollegiate half mile event last year. Their race is expected to be the feature of the afternoon. Another M. I. T. distance runner who should prove dangerous will be Jeppe, who lost to Drews at Princeton by inches after the latter had turned in record time...