Word: overtook
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Hampered by the tide, the Aquitania was so slow in getting out of New York Harbor that 22 belated passengers overtook her (on tugs) and got aboard...
...Freshmen won the interclass relay in spite of the strong bid of the Seniors on the final leg, when Vinton Chapin '23 nearly overtook R. G. Allen '26, who had been given a large start by his team-mates. The other members of the 1926 team were W. R. Chase, J. C. McGlone, and F. P. Kane...
...mile relay, Harvard trailed Syracuse and Princeton, the feature of the event being the running of Taylor of Princeton, who nearly overtook Woodring of Syracuse, after the latter had started with a large lead...
...finished the same distance ahead of Curtis. Coach Brigham put Newhall and McCarthy, his two mainstays in the half-mile excluding Burke, through a 660-yard race, Newhall led until the final straightaway when McCarthy started sprinting and finally finished three yards ahead. In the mile trials Lamont overtook Coolidge on the last corner, the latter finishing second with Sherburne coming in close on his heel for third place...
...Pennock '17, at right and left guard, stopped many plays through the centre of the line and opened up big holes for Johnson to gain through. The latter ran hard and nearly broke loose twice for touchdowns but was downed by the Brown colored halfback, Williams, who overtook him after he had got clear of the rest of the field. Johnson had two opportunities to score drop-kicks but both attempts failed...