Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew over the course is somewhat faster than that of the '96 crew made under about the same conditions. The sophomores expect their new boat, which was rented from the Riverside Rowing Club especially for these class races, to be a great surprise in the way of speed. Since last Wednesday they have kept their boat at the Boston Athletic Club boat house. Not enough has been seen of them to tell exactly how they compare with the junior crew, but rumor credits them with unusual speed for a class crew. It is, therefore, safe to say that the struggle...
...last fifty yards, Bingham winning by a few feet from Marshall, with Vincent third. The mile run was a disappointment to Harvard. Morgan set a slow pace for three laps, with Coolidge at his elbow and Wadhams and Emerson well up. In the last lap Coolidge increased his speed and took the lead, but at the last turn he weakened and fell back. Emerson came up from the rear with surprising speed and almost beat out Morgan for first place, while Wadhams was a close third...
...Rapid transit in Boston must have - (a) Capacity for large increase of traffic. - (b) Speed. - (c) Safety. - (d) Sound financial basis...
...crew, a time trial over the four-mile course in the harbor was taken in early part of this week. It is early for such a trial, and the time taken does not give much of a pointer on the crew, as they have not tried to develop much speed as yet. However, the trial was satisfactory, as is generally known, although they have tried to keep it a most profound secret...
Burnett, the 100 yards man, is Trainer Murphy's latest find, and he has, it is claimed, covered the distance in 10 seconds flat. He is a speedy runner and is being trained carefully. At the games next Saturday he will be pushed and be given a trial of speed with some of the best sprinters in the college world...