Word: raced
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...must not, therefore, hasten to condemn negro troops. They have shown their mettle in many a skirmish, and the Houston affair is merely an incident which discredit individuals, not a race. The individuals have suffered, the race should...
...when the news came that Jerusalem had fallen. At present we are thinking more of how to defeat Germany than anything else. The capture of this city was a spark of encouragement that we were making progress in our aim. We did not intend to slight so great a race as the Jewish people, one which is doing so much in this struggle, but our pleasure over the Allies securing a firmer foothold in Palestine went far beyond racial bonds. Success is our first consideration in all war questions. We might also add, that if any Freshman could have penned...
...enough Freshman runners report. The Yale athletic authorities have signified their intention of having a team also, and although nothing has been decided as yet, the two teams will probably meet during the first week in February as in previous years. Last year the 1920 relay runners also raced Technology 1920 a week before the Yale race, and a similar contest may be scheduled for this year...
...team championship and in taking individual honors through the brilliant work of Captain D. F. O'Connell '21, who won first place. Yale 1921 was third in the team score, followed by Pennsylania, Columbia and the College of the City of New York in succession. Syracuse, won the race because its first five runners finished well bunched among the first twelve to cross the line. The team scores were as follows: Syracuse 1921, 33; Harvard 1921, 47; Yale 1921, 80; Pennsylvania 1921, 91; Columbia 1921, 122; College of the City of New York...
...completion of the first mile of the race over the three-mile Van Courtlandt Park course, O'Connell took the lead and kept it until the end, winning quite easily by about 100 yards over the second runner, J. Simons of Syracuse. O'Connell's time for the distance was 16 minutes, 12 seconds. The next 1921 harriers to cross the finish line were J. E. Nally and F. L. A. Cady, who were seventh and eighth respectively...