Word: mile
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Through a clean-cut and unmistakable superiority over Harvard in all the events except the dashes, jumps and two-mile run, Yale gained a well-deserved victory by the score of 66 1-2 to 37 1-2 in the twenty-third annual dual track games, held in the Stadium Saturday afternoon. Yale has now won four legs to Harvard's two on the nine-year cup offered by graduates of the two universities. The victories for each University since 1891 now stand: Harvard 11, Yale 12. Due to the favorable weather and the excellent condition of the track, there...
...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...
Another clean sweep came to Yale when R. W. Poucher, H. W. Smith and H. McK. Hatch finished in the order named in the mile-run. Poucher more than lived up to the reports made of his work. He took the lead from the start and was never threatened. H. G. MacLure '15 was with the leaders for three-quarters of a mile, but on the last lap fell behind...
Stirring Two-Mile...