Word: racing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...honors. The victory of J. N. Watters '26 over Captain E. B. Kirby of Cornell, intercollegiate mile champion, is described as one of the indoor classics of all time. Fifteen yards behind Kirby and tiring fast, Watters uncorked a terrific sprint in the last two laps of the race and sailed by his opponent to win by 20 yards...
Hardly less spectacular was the two mile victory of B. R. Cutcheon '25 over Nazro of Dartmouth whose desperate bid for first place in the latter stages of the race forced Cutcheon to surpass himself and eliminated the other Crimson entries, P. F. Coburn '24 and J. F. Ryan '26. R. L. Hyatt '24 took first place in the broad jump. The heave of C. A. Eastman '24, which covered 43 feet and one half inches in the shot put, surpassing the old record by seven inches and the recovery of Captain Merrill from some recovery of Captain Merrill from...
...reveal what was accomplished, Miller took the 40-yard dash, Allen the 300-yard run, Kane the 600-yard run, Watters the 1000-yard run, Tibbetts the two-mile run, and Fletcher the 45-yard hurdles. In his race Allen clipped two-fifths of a second off the 300-yard run. When the pistol cracked for the start of the 600-yard event. Haggerty was badly blocked at the start and Kane was soon trailing fourth or fifth. By the time the runners had passed the press stand with but two more laps before the finish, Kane had sneaked...
Headmaster Richard M. Gummere of William Penn Charter School: ". . .A much more reflecting and original person. ... A fine animal set to run a splendid race if his owners and trainers are conscientious...
...Silent House. The Chinese are a ghoulish people if one is to believe mystery playwrights. They gleefully eviscerate the noblest hero and burn the baby's eyeballs with a chuckle. An untruthful tribe as well, they are only exceeded in creating lies and tortures by the strange race of men who make up plays of mystery. Strive as one must to minimize their truthless horrors, one cannot escape, herein at least, their power...