Word: second
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Second Nine will not go to Exeter today...
...being E. B. Bodley, L. S., S. Wells, '91, A. S. Walcott, '91 and T. J. Stead, '91. The men got away well together but Stead struck the first hurdle which practically threw him out of the race. Bodley proved too fast for his compamons and won in 181/2 seconds. Walcott was second and Wells third...
...Bailey. '91. R, H. Davis, '91, W, B. Greenleaf, '92, and E. F. Rogers '90. At the start Greenleaf took the lead followed by Brown, Davis and Bailey in the order named. Their relative positions remained unchanged for the first mile, which was made in 3 minutes 11/2 seconds. On the next lap Davis and Bailey passed Brown whom they quickly left behind, but they were unable to get ahead of Greenleaf. On the last lap but one. Davis and Bailey passed Greenleaf who was thus forced to take third place. On the last lap Bailey made a beautiful spurt...
Then followed the mile walk for which C. T. R. Bates, '92, and J. E. Howe, '90. were the only entries. Bates had the inside track and took the lead. The men kept close together for the first lap. On the second lap Howe passed Bates and made the first half mile in 3 minutes 21 seconds, with Bates twenty feet behind him. Howe kept slowly increasing his lead and in spite of a determined spurt by Bates, Howe won by about fifty feet in 7 minutes 14 1-5 seconds...
...mile run was the next event. The entries were A. H. Williams, '91, C. A. Davenport, '90, and W. C. Downs, '90. At the end of the first lap, Williams was first and Davenport second, but on the next lap, Downs took first place, which he held until the finish. When within twenty feet of the line, Davenport passed Williams and took second place. Downs' time was 4 minutes, 46 seconds...