Word: spenglerism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...changing climate became apparent at the two-mile point Saturday when Penn runners swarmed out of the woods after Harvard's Tom Spengler. Eventually, one by one, the rest of the Crimson team trickled out of the woods. As McCurdy jogged off to yell encouragement to his runners, a great sense of satisfaction must have warmed Tuppeny as took the scene in. He had won the day's battle, and perhaps more...
...cowpath is about the one-mile point on the five-mile course, and three eager Crimson runners led a dogged group of Penn runners to the cowpath with a blistering pace. But only Tom Spengler. Harvard's captain, and the eventual winner, was able to maintain position Penn quickly moved into the second through sixth spots...
When the runners emerged from the woods at about the two-mile point, the race appeared to be over. Spengler was moving beautifully with an 80-yard lead, but fo? Penn men were running second. Harvard's other runners, including the promising sophomores, were hopelessly strung out behind the leaders...
Things got increasingly worse for the Crimson, and after Spengler coasted home in 25:45, six Quakers finished before Seals became the second Harvard man across the line. The first four Penn harriers- Julio Piazza. Bob Childs, Karl Thornton, and Rodgers- joined hands to tie for second...
...Spengler, meanwhile, was beginning to experience the disappointment the rest of his team had had to live with throughout the race. He had not known who was behind him. With a mile-and-a-half to go, Spengler had turned around quickly and had mistaken the four Penn shirts for two Penn and two Harvard shirts...