Word: runners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dash with Miller at his heels. The winner sped over the distance in six and three-tenths seconds, one-tenth of a second from the world mark. Murchison's leg injury, which he received at the close of last year's season, may be a handicap to the champion runner this year, and the Crimson sprinter, who has been showing more speed than ever, may flash his heels in front of the field tonight. In the 40 yard dash at the Knights of Columbus games, Miller was clocked at four and three-fifths seconds, one-fifth of a second from...
...therefore, is only natural that it does not need learning or many brains to make a fair runner, although to make a good racer brains are a prime requisite. From early youth one is confronted with running to the drug store etc, but when one has to outfoot someone that can make his less move as fast as you can, brains are needed, and the difference in brains is often the difference in great runners...
...beauty about track is that no previous experience is necessary to make a good runner or field-event man. Any man with a good pair of legs and some brains can be made by proper coaching into a first class runner. The preparatory school star with a reputation does not always prove the best in college circles, because others who are more willing to be taught and have a greater brain capacity can forge right ahead...
...Adams '88 and N. F. Ayer '00, president and vice-president or the Harvard Club of Boston, have offered two trophies to the winner and runner-up of a squash tournament for the Senior class...
...ends will again be under the instruction of C. R. Carney, one of the greatest ends ever turned out in the Big Ten Conference, who was an All-American choice while playing his last year: at the punts rapidly, and often cutting in behind the line to throw the runner for a loss...