Word: raced
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...greatest excitement of the winter carnival was furnished by the concluding event, the relay race between the scribes and the CRIMSON. The non-appearance of Lampy was a great disappointment to the throngs who gazed down upon the scene from the surrounding slopes and housetops, for the annual humiliation of the Joke-smiths at the hands of the Newsgatherers is an event to which the multitudes look forward with eager expectation...
...race was won by the scribes, with the assistance of several of "Pooch" Donovan's professionals. The CRIMSON's president secured the pole from the senile Groves at the start; but Canaday, disguised as the Boston Herald, regained the lead from Henderson. Cole as anchor man gained enormously on R. G. Huling '13, but was beaten by a few inches at the tape...
Warm weather brought out a large crowd to witness the finals of the seventh annual winter carnival on the board track behind Langdell Hall yesterday afternoon. In the most exciting race of the afternoon, the Juniors won the interclass relay championship from the Seniors. Twelve men ran on each team. J. I. Abbott again proved a good first man for 1914 by securing the pole from G. N. Hurd '13. He secured a lead of ten yards which his team-mates steadily increased. At the finish, W. A. Barron '14 cut the tape twenty yards ahead of R. G. Huling...
...support of our army and navy over 43.3 percent, of our total expenditures, and 24.1 per cent, more for pensions, the burden of past wars--a total of over 440 million dollars--enough to build two hundred Widener libraries. The only possible way to stop this mad race of nations apparently trying only to discover which can bear the greatest burden of taxation, is to end the race. The United States would perform a higher mission than every before were she to set the example here...
...events will be: 7 lap and 13 lap races; 40-yard dash; 40-yard low hurdle race. Time trials for the class relay teams of 10 men each to be held today, will be in charge of the following: J. B. Cummings '13, W. A. Barron, Jr., '14, R. Tower '15, W. J. Bingham '16. High jump and shot-put competitions will be held in the Gymnasium at the same time...