Word: margin
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Shead in 17 sec. with Cady of Yale second. The final heat between Lyman, Hart, Cady and Shead was one of the closest races of the day. Shead and Lyman came down the track side by side, took the last hurdle together, and only by a very small margin on the final spurt did Lyman come in ahead. Hart was third. Time...
...victories on the track. To the men who represented the university so honorably and successfully we wish to extend our heartiest congratulations. The victory was clearly earned, and by a score much larger than we had dared to expect. Many a point was won by a very narrow margin, but in every case it was pure grit and determination which decided the event in Harvard's favor. In spite of rain and wind, the games never lacked in excitement. All in all they were, from a standpoint of interest, the best that have ever been seen on Holmes field...
...annual track athletic games. For two years we have won the cup by clearly superior work. Today the outcome is likely to be in doubt until the very end. A comparison of the records of the two colleges this spring gives the victory to Harvard by a very close margin. Such estimates are, however, notoriously unreliable. We place our hopes rather on the confidence which we feel in the men individually and as a team. They have trained faithfully under the guidance of Mr. Lathrop, whose skill has always triumphed over adverse circumstances, and we believe that they will bring...
...annual indoor games of the Interscholastic Association held Saturday. Hopkinson won the majority of points by a large margin. The team race between Hopkinson and Roxbury Latin was won by the latter...
...record, the indoor world's record at 6 feet 2 1-2 inches. It is very probable that Mr. Sweeney will accept the invitation, and in that case he will attempt to break his own record. Considering the fact that Sweeney cleared the bar on Saturday with a good margin to spare, he is likely to show some remarkable jumping...