Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Stone '07 until the beginning of the second mile. Here D: Grant 4M. forged to the front and alternated in the lead with A. King 2L. until the last half lap. At this point W. G. Howard '07, who had been running in third place, spurted, and passing King near the line finished three feet behind Grant and the same distance ahead of King. A. G. Grant '07 won the pole vault with a jump of 10 ft. 9 in., and in an exhibition vault cleared 11 feet. Last Monday in the handicap games Grant won only third place...
...association football game was closely contested throughout, the superiority of Harvard's individual playing being largely offset by Columbia's better team work. Near the close of the first half Columbia scored a goal. Columbia made a foul shortly afterwards, and on the penalty kick Osborne scored an easy goal for Harvard. In the second half the University forwards showed a more concerted attack. Greene, in the middle of the half, took the ball down the field to Gordon, who shot a difficult goal...
...Hastings; one in the Bursar's office; one in the porter's room of Perkins; one at the staircase of Warren House; one on the second and one on the fourth floor of Lawrence Hall; one in the Germanic Museum; one in the Studio Building on Jarvis street; one near the rear entrance of Appleton Chapel; one in the basement of Phillips Brooks House; one in the office and one in the locker room of the Gymnasium; two in each entry and one in the porter's room of Matthews; one in the Fogg Art Museum; one in Foxcroft House...
...their first hard row, and they were not to fresh as the second University crew, which had been towed by the launch the three and a half miles to the starting point. A gain by the second crew of about half a length at the start was increased to nearly a length during the first mile and in turn cut down to about half a length through a spurt by the Seniors near Harvard Bridge. During the second mile, however, the second University crew gradually increased its lead to a little over a length of open water, which...
...goal was made by Mendel for 1906 on a pretty shot from a difficult angle. The Seniors strengthened their attack in the second half and kept the play for the greater part of the time in the Juniors' territory, but owing to the very strong defense of their opponents near the goal, failed to score more than once. Phillips, Adams and Pratt played the best game for 1905; and Summers, Mendel, Bailey and Sloan...