Word: sprint
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fast 300. The 600-yard, run went to W. L. Taylor '28 who, without being pushed, established a new record for the track of 1m. 18 3-5s. In the 1000-yard race R. G. Luttmann '28 was barely nosed out by the well-timed sprint of Hazzard, the Andover distance man. W. P. Pratt '28 and E. P. Renouf '28 starred for the Crimson in the field events by winning the shot-put and the high jump respectively. Thanks to O'Neil's remarkable burst of speed in the last lap, the Harvard first year...
...again an ambitious rider, chafing at the long grind, would flash forth and seek to lap the field with a burst of speed. The pack would leap out in pursuit, catch him, or he it, from the rear, then settle down again. Every few hours came compulsory sprints, for points. And bored spectators would sometimes get the announcer's ear, offer $20, $100, to the winner of a special sprint. Megaphoned to, the riders would tense, dart away, tear over the line, then drop into the slower, mile-devour- ing pace while the winner's partner collected the prize money...
Cutcheon did to Bemis yesterday what the latter did to Larrivee of Holy Cross last week. After trailing Bemis by about two yards throughout most of the distance, Cutcheon in the last 50 yards drew beside Bemis and finished the sprint a pace in the lead. He was only two-fifths of a second ahead. Cutcheon's time was 27 minutes and 43 seconds...
...group the three arrived opposite the Newell Boathouse, about 150 yards from the finish, and in the sprint which followed, the Holy Cross star just succeeded in nosing out Cutcheon, while Tibbetts was several yards in the rear. A crowd of at least 100 students witnessed the finish...
...only one of whom has had first string varsity experience and that in a different position than he now occupies, are much smaller physically than those of former years, and in consequence, less apt to shine in the upstanding, hand-fighting game, and the fact that Robb, a Harvard sprint champion, has been assigned one of the end positions and another fast man the opposite wing position, would indicate that there will be little or no waiting on the Harvard flanks...