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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quarter-mile promises to be the best race of the afternoon, and upon it may hinge the outcome of the duel. Paulsen has done under 49 seconds, the new dual meet record established by Kane against Dartmouth last Saturday. The Crimson runner negotiated a wet track, in the rain to break the tape well ahead of the Green runner. Should he hit his best stride against the Blue, Harvard may well pick up two more points in the 440-yard dash, which would give the Crimson more latitude in the field events, where, according to the CRIMSON'S figures. Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORECAST OF THE HARVARD-YALE TRACK MEET GIVES CRIMSON ONE POINT MARGIN | 5/19/1926 | See Source »

Again the world's record for a hundred yards has been beaten; again the wind was at the runner's back. Philip Barber, running in front of a Pacific breeze last week in San Francisco, made the distance in 9 5/10 sec., beating by 1/10 sec. the accepted record, tying the mark recently set by Roland Locke of Nebraska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Again | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...within the reach of Tibbetts of any other competitor in the forthcoming struggle on May 29. Frankly, such an opinion must be based on pure guesswork, for the weather must be just right, the track fast and the competition keen. An adverse wind would militate against a runner of Tibbetts' comparatively frail physique, but if conditions are ideal it is within the possibilities that the collegiate record will be lowered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACH OF CORNELL AND OLYMPIC TRACKMEN REVIEWS THE RECORDS OF DISTANCE STARS | 5/12/1926 | See Source »

...play was called Storm and Miss Gee, the central part, was played by the Jean Cadell whose abilities are agreeably estimated in the previous review. The part is now played, perhaps some-what misplayed, by Estelle Winwood. Both as a play and in performance the piece seems only a runner-up to At Mrs. Beam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: May 10, 1926 | 5/10/1926 | See Source »

...grade. These were the ones written by J. F. Barnes '27, J. G. Dow '27, H. W. Foote '27, H. M. Hart Jr. '26, R. P. MacFadden '26, H. F. Williams '27, and C. E. Wyzanski Jr. '27. The books were then reread and the winner and runner-up picked. The margin between the leading books was so small that several extra days of deliberation were necessary before the judges could decide on the victor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WYZANSKI CARRIES OFF PALM IN TIMES CONTEST | 4/30/1926 | See Source »

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