Word: scanted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scant foot the University relay quartet was defeated by Yale last Saturday evening at the New York Athletic Club Games in one of the most sensational relay races of the year. At the start of the race, E. C. Driscoll of Yale took the lead and set the pace for W. H. Goodwin '20 until the last lap, when Goodwin pushed him hard. A. W. Douglas '21 started off with a yard handicap, but fumbled the baton and lost three yards to W. D. Prizer. On the last lap Douglas spurted past the Yale runner, and gave J. A. McCarthy...
...Amherst's 38. The loss of L. B. Davis '20, because of sickness, placed the University at a disadvantage in that he was counted on to win the plunge. The relay race was unusually thrilling, since the Amherst swimmers managed to nose out the University racers by a scant half-foot. A. H. Brackett '22 starred for the University, taking first place in the 100-yard dash and second in the 50-yard...
...Davis was the highest Freshman point winner, capturing first place in both the shot-put and high jump. In the 1000-yard run, the most sensational event of the afternoon, W. C. Bennett came from behind in the last lap and won by a scant two yards. Other 1923 men who showed up well were C. H. Hawes, J. E. Kennedy and J. W. Quinn...
...would follow that the college vote must run far more favorable to the League plan than would the total of enlightened sentiment outside the school walls. Yet even within them only a scant one-third support the Wilson position...
...plans for the revival of the sport will be discussed--plans which include a strenuous schedule on the boards, a winter carnival in March, and weekly handicap competitions designed primarily for the benefit of novices More candidates must come out, with 400 reporting daily at Cornell compared to the scant fifty here. It is needless for the Crimson to effort the undergraduates to support the track team in its laughable efforts to turn the oldest of major sports back on sound footing...