Word: skirmishing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...foregone conclusion with everyone that two places in the 220 yards dash would go to Yale and in this one case, the foregone conclusion proved to be correct - Swayne and Allen winning first and second. For third place there was a very lively skirmish between Thompson and Hawes of Harvard, but the former was just a foot ahead of Hawes when the tape was reached and thus secured third place...