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Word: mins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...start of their last leg. As it was Gill closed eight yards between them, running his quarter in the excellent time of 47.8 seconds. The Harvard team which was composed of Joe Donnelly, Frannie King, Tudor Richards, and Lightbody won the race despite Gill's performance in 3 min. 22.6 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Nine Wins Third, Northrop Star of Track Meet | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Five minutes later, 33-year-old Leslie Pawson, Pawtucket playground instructor, bounded over the finish line to become the fourth two-time winner in the 42-year history of the famed Boston race. His time-over the grueling, hilly course from Hopkinton to Boston-was 2 hr., 35 min...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Iron Legs | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...Dartmouth fortnight ago Miler Glenn Cunningham ran the world's fastest mile in 4 min. 4.4 sec. Last week, with his Dartmouth record not yet officially accepted, he competed in the annual games of the Knights of Columbus in Manhattan. Without close competition-Gene Venzke crossed the line 30 yards behind him-he breezed through a mile in 4 min. 7.4 sec., breaking his own (recognized) indoor record by one second. Seventy minutes later he attempted something more difficult. He entered the 600-yard race, less than half his usual distance. The others made a sprinting start. He elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Double Effort | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

When Runner Glenn Cunningham first made sport headlines in 1931, the world's record for a mile on foot was 4 min., 9.2 sec. A 4:05 mile was unthinkable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fastest Mile | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...Glenn Cunningham: the 1,500-metre run of the National A.A.U. track championships; in 3 min. 48.4 sec., setting a new indoor world's record; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Mar. 7, 1938 | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

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