Word: runner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual Harvard interscholastic lawn tennis tournament will be held on Jarvis Field on Saturday May 4, and on the following Monday. First and runner-up prizes will he given, and a banner to the school winning the greatest number of matches. The winner of the tournament will have the privilege, as Harvard interscholastic champion, of playing at Newport in August, for the interscholastic championship of the United States...
...ahead of Cornell, with Knowles of Harvard some distance behind. Cornell finished first in the third mile, with Pennsylvania second and forty yards ahead of White. Clark started the last relay fifty yards behind the leader, and ran a strong race all the way, gaining gradually on the Cornell runner, whom he passed at the three-quarters mark. He caught Bushnell of U. of P. on the turn into the home stretch. The finish was a plucky spurt on the part of both men, Clark finishing two feet ahead. Time by miles: 1 2 3 4 4m. 44 1/5s...
...Harvard interscholastic tennis tournament for the championship in singles will be held on Jarvis Field on Saturday, April 27, and Monday, April 29. In addition to First and Runner-up prizes, a championship shield will be offered for the school winning the greatest number of points, each match actually won counting as one point. The winner of the tournament will also have the right, as Harvard Interscholastic Champion for 1901, to play at Newport, in August, for the National Interscholastic Championship of the United States...
...work in anticipation of Yale's heavy attack and at last the defense seems satisfactory. The men play fairly low in the line, and the secondary defense is better than it has been at any time this year. This was well shown in the last open practice where the runner of the second eleven was often thrown back after getting through a hole in the line...
...practice was hard, and the coaches kept the play vigorous. The first team showed a great deal of strength and at times played well, but there was a general lack of spirit which prevented satisfactory work. The men failed to give each other help, and when the runner fell the rest of the team did not try to push or pull him any further. The backs were a little slow in starting the line plays and the centre men were not aggressive enough in opening holes. The defensive work of the line was uncertain. Sometimes it practically destroyed the second...