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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...world's indoor records were broken by the competitors in the races. Captain Overton of Yale broke the indoor record of four minutes 18 and 1-5 seconds in winning the mile race in four minutes 16 seconds, and W. T. Hobbs of Dartmouth lowered by one-fifth of a second the record for the 50-yard high hurdles, when he covered the distance in six and four-fifths seconds. Overton ran the latter half of his race faster than the first, the time by quarters reading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RELAY TEAM WON RACE | 3/12/1917 | See Source »

...mile run J. D. Hutchinson '19 placed third, in a good field, finishing behind Captain Overton and Read of Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RELAY TEAM TOOK RACE | 2/23/1917 | See Source »

...Foremost among these is the final race of the evening, the long distance relay with Yale in which each runner covers 780 yards. Yale has a strong team and is out to make up for last year's race which was won by the University when Captain Bingham beat Overton to the last corner and won by a yard. Coach Donovan has not yet decided finally who the fourth man, on the University team will be. J. Coggeshall '18, J. W. Feeney '18, H. W. Minot '17 and either J. D. Hutchinson '19 or A. R. Bancroft '17 will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK TEAMS RACE IN B. A. A. GAMES TONIGHT | 2/3/1917 | See Source »

...Yale university and freshman relay teams which will race in the B. A. A. Meet next Saturday have been selected. J. W. Overton, H. S. F. Cooper, L. Marshall and H. Rolfe will form the university four, and G. W. Spurr, E. C. Atkins, E. F. Thompson and R. B. Reed will represent the freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Relay Teams Picked | 2/1/1917 | See Source »

...result the team will be chosen from the following five men: J. Coggeshall '18, F. T. Donahue '18, J. W. Feeney '17, J. D. Hutchinson '18, and H. W. Minot '16. Last year the University defeated Yale by about a foot when Captain W. J. Bingham '16 beat Overton to the last corner. The Freshman relay team will also race the Yale freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK SQUAD PRACTISING FOR B. A. A. MEET SATURDAY | 1/31/1917 | See Source »

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