Word: rucks
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...start Macauley Smith of Yale took the lead, closely followed by Tibbetts. The entire Princeton squad followed these two for the first half mile, but gradually, with the exception of Gallagher, fell into the ruck. At the mile-and-a-half mark six of the University, apparently in command of the situation, were grouped a hundred yards behind Tibbetts and the fleeting Smith. From that point Briggs, Captain Tracy of Yale, and Gallagher of Princeton pulled ahead and widened their advantage with each succeeding mile...
...Morgan Taylor, of Grinnell College, la., evoked plaudits with his low-hurdling. Joie Ray, onetime champion miler, straggled in the ruck in his race. The Illinois A. C, by assiduously piling up second and third places, won the National team title with 40 points; New York A. C, 33; Newark A. C, 31; Boston A. A., 20. Newark A. C. took the National junior title...
...most serious set-back to Crimson supporters Saturday was the failure of Captain Burke to place in either the half or the mile runs. In obviously poor condition for the races, the University team's leader was in the ruck in both events. In the two-mile distance also, the points which the Crimson team had counted upon from Lund and Lutz were not forthcoming...
...fundamentals. We shall make no cuts, and we shall never be too busy to help you. We cannot put all of you on a team, but we assure you that you will get some competition before the year is over. The track team, because it has been in the ruck, needs the cooperation of every undergraduate. If you cannot come out for the team, you can interest someone who can, and above all, you can at least be a booster...
...great blare of publicity and sneaking into town under cover of a blizzard came this little comedy, chuck full of laughter and flesh and blood humor. It came as manna in our wilderness of "shows." The play for some moments seems about to trail off into the ordinary ruck of "he be-friends, she loves, they marry" playlets, but the characters meant more to the author than did gentle stage tradition, so she let them work out their salvation. The result was a sincere little play which escaped the obvious by being true...