Word: ran
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...YARDS DASHwas run. The contestants were, W. Baker, '86, F. S Billings, '85 and E. H. Rogers, '87, who, after several false starts, got off squarely and finished in the order above given, Baker taking the lead easily in the race and holding it well. Billings and Rogers ran side by side, but at eighty yards Billings worked ahead and came in four or five yards after Baker, with Rogers a good third. Baker's time was 10 1-8. Next in order came...
...YARDS HURDLE RACE,contested for by S. Abbott, '87, G. R. Agassiz, '84, J. D. Bradley, '86, and S. Cary, '86. The men got off all right at the second trial and Agassiz took the lead, but fell badly at the third hurdle. He picked himself up and ran on. Cary also tripped, and as he injured his leg did not continue the race. Bradley, who had taken the lead after Agassiz's fall, easily held it and came in first with Abbot a bad second. The winner's time was 19 1-4 seconds...
...they ranged in position in the following order. J. B. Walker, '84, A. E. Strong, '85. W. Austin, '87, G. F. Davidson, '85, W. C. Fish, '86, and W. A. Henry, L. S. Shortly after the start Henry took the lead, but Davidson soon passed him and the men ran one after the other for the first lap, when Austin dropped out. On the second lap Walker, who held third place, passed Henry and followed closely in Davidson's foot-steps. At the end of the third lap Fish and Henry dropped out and left only Davidson and Walker. Davidson...
...delivered in Columbia College by Dr. Alfred Emerson, Fellow of the John Hopkins University. The lecturer described the characteristics of the Olympic games. He said : "Euphidos, after winning in one of the three-mile races, was so elated by his victory that he leaped out of the stadium and ran home to tell the news at Argos. It was sixty-three miles away, and he arrived there the same evening. The best jump of antiquity was one of fifty-three feet, and there can be no mistake in the figures here, for the second-best record given is fifty...
...yards for juniors followed. F. W. White and A. S. Johnson ran. This race was the most exciting of any, the men coming along neck and neck. Johnson won by six inches, but fell from exhaustion just as he crossed the line. Time, 23 3-4 sec. Wendell Baker, '86, then ran 220 yards against time, and made it in 22 3-4 sec., within an eighth of a second of the collegiate record. In the 100 yards race for '87, Rogers and Todd ran. The event was won by Rogers, time, 10 7-8 seconds. Next came the half...