Word: pace
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...line-up given out last night starts the game, it will be almost in the nature of an untried combination. The whole University squad has been affected half by injuries and half by a slump. It is time that both were eradicated and that the team struck the pace which will lead it on to victory next week. Many experts predict that this will be the case, as the earlier games showed a great deal of latent power in the squad. On the other hand, Dartmouth comes to Cambridge backed by 1500 supporters and a record far better than...
...adversity in the future as well as we have had it in the past. It may not prove to be due to building the team too much around a central figure, although this we must guard against. If our team is to keep on playing football at the pace it set on Saturday it must have confidence but at all costs it must avoid such overconfidence as turns at the least reverse to no confidence...
Yale Crew Quarters, Gales Ferry, Conn., June 19, 1911.--In the afternoon the Yale crews were sent down-stream over the four-mile course at an easy pace. On the last mile the stroke was raised to 34. No attempt was made for speed. Morton F. Plant watched the row from the launch "Elihu Yale...
...race. H. W. Kelley '11 had to exert himself to keep from being boxed and swung into second position after running 150 yards. He then attempted to wrest the pole from Young, fighting for it while rounding the curve. In the meantime Sawyer of Princeton was taking his pace from Kelley and at the beginning of the straightaway passed him and started after Young. The latter rose to the occasion and exerted all his strength, running the last 100 yards in a phenomenal manner. Gamble and Haff of Michigan overtook Kelley 30 yards from the finish but were unable...
...mile run was the event which was awaited with keener anticipation than any other. Everyone knew that the race lay between Jones and Paull with Hanavan of Michigan a strong competitor. Howell of Princeton set the pace for the first quarter, which was run in 59 2-5 seconds. Paull then came up into the lead, upon which Jones began to forge his way to the front from the midst of the main body of runners. Hanavan was taking his pace from Paull and running easily. The time for the half-mile was 2 minutes, 8 1-5 seconds...