Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...yards handicap was run in one heat. There were altogether too many men in it to make it perfectly fair for all. At times the men were so bunched that no amount of speed could bring a runner to the front. Merrill '94, with the limit handicap had the pole and took the lead at once. This he kept up running with much ease and speed and won in 53 4-5 sec. Stetson '93, with the same handicap of 20 yards captured the third prize...
Pneumatic shoes are the latest invention for speed on the cinder path...
...last part of the game, however, he did better work. Wadsworth has improved greatly in his game and tackled and followed the ball well. Jackson in the second half made some good runs but showed his great fault of slowing up when with a burst of the speed of which he is capable he would have got a clear field. He also showed one of the worst faults which a half-back can show, looking back when he has clear ground ahead. He did some good dodging, however, and showed his possibilities. McNear played a fair game, doing some good...
McNear shows good speed and blocks off well but is easily tackled and does not understand arm work in warding off a tackler. He plays hard when in the line but is too easily stopped when he has the ball...
...mile bicycle race, the first and second men of these four heats ran in two heats. Bingham won the first heat; time 10 4-5 secs. C. L. Hodgkins second. Whittemore won the second heat; time 11 secs. Jackson second. In the final heat Whittemore showed more speed and won in 10 4-5 seconds. Bingham, who had also made the distance in 10 4-5 secs., was a good second...