Word: relaying
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...twelfth annual indoor meet of the Boston Athletic Association on Saturday night brought out some close and exciting contests, in two of which records were broken. The best showing by Harvard men was made in the relay races, in which the University team easily defeated Pennsylvania, breaking the indoor record. The interclass relay races were won by the Sophomores in fast time. In the other events Harvard won one first and three third places. Although the men entered in the B. A. A. games last year won more events, this can be accounted for by the fact that the best...
...first relay of the Harvard Pennsylvania race, J. E. Haigh '03, by sprinting at the start, took the pole, which was a great advantage on the narrow track, and finished about five yards ahead of Cook of Pennsylvania. W. G. Clerk '01 ran a hard race and opened up a gap of about 40 yards over M. J. Westney, which was increased to almost half a lap by E. C. Rust '04. J. G. Wills '02 also gained on the last relay and won the race by over half a lap. The time, 3m. 11 1-5a., lowers...
...most exciting team race was that between Andover and Exeter. Exeter took the lead on the first relay and increased it on the second because of Watkins's fall. On the last two relays Andover gradually made up the lost ground and won by twenty yards...
There will be twelve regular events, of which eight will be open handicaps, two novice scratch and two special scratch. Besides these events there will be dual relay races between Harvard and U. of P., Cornell and Princeton, Exeter and Andover, Bowdoin and M.I.T., the Boston Y.M.C.A. and the Cambridge Y.M.C.A., and the Harvard class teams...
...relay teams will be made up as follows...