Word: rear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sears and W. J. Revcroft of the Freshman team won by large margins in the high and low hurdles respectively the nearest Exeter runner being seven yards in the rear in each event. The two other 1924 first-place winners were Malcolm Morse and A. W. Dole, the for mer in the high-jump and the latter in the broad. In the 100 and 220-yard dashes H. W. Davis was the chief Freshman performer, pitted against Lundell and Norton, two of the fastest dast men in preparatory school ranks. Davis trailed both of these men in the 100, taking...
...lead, with every man in time, blade-work clean, and stroke hard and powerful, the Orange and Black oarsmen, stroked by Leh, crossed the finish line ahead of the Navy and challenged its right to the title of world's champion this afternoon. About three lengths in the rear came the Harvard oarsmen, fighting hard but unavailingly against two such crews as the Navy and Princeton. For the power and speed of the Princeton crew has been grossly underestimated and it was against the nominal world champions and an eight which conquered them, that the Crimson men were fighting...
...higher stroke longer and by this means forget into a lead of more than a length at the half-mile mark. From then on the race was all Princeton's. The mile came and the white flag fell with the Crimson crew four or five lengths in the rear. Even under such conditions Duncan was game and put up the stroke, and for a half mile Princeton gained little more. But their attempt had been too much for them and in the final quarter. Crew B dropped some more. Final time 10.02. Harvard 25 seconds and 8 lengths in rear...
...leading female role was played by Miss Frances Grayson, a niece of Rear Admiral Grayson, whose charm and clever acting contributed largely to the success of the performance. Miss Grayson is a new member of the company and made an unusually attractive Irish colleen. The happy-go-lucky and romantic blacksmith, interpreted by William Sullivan, makes love to her in most amusing fashion; while his assistant at the forge, as played by Mr. Shaw O'Nolan, quite interrupts the third act with his inimitable rendering of some clever Irish songs...
...distance in 5 minutes and 46 seconds. Next in line were the third autumn crew, the fourth autumn crew, and the second inexperienced football men crew; the third autumn crew trailed the seconds by a length and a half and the football men were a length further in the rear when they crossed the finish line. The time and the general appearance of the crews was very encouraging in the opinion of the coaches...