Word: sprinters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Southern California has another fast man and Stanford also can boast of at least one sprinter who has broken ten seconds, but I look to the East to furnish Borah's opposition or at least to supply the other scores in the short events...
Charles Paddock, America's foremost sprinter announced definitely last night that he would not run in a special invitation dash on Saturday at the Harvard Stadium. But according to the present plans, he may try out the University track some afternoon this week...
...crazy thing to do. Ray had never run a long race. No middle distance runner has ever been a great marathon runner; it is easier for a man who has never done any running at all to learn long distance pacing than for a sprinter to change his style to the loping, shuffling steps, between a run and a walk, used by marathon racers. Ray didn't try to change his style. He stepped out on his toes, pulling up his knees, as if the finish line were a mile away, and it was clear that he meant...
Besides being a baseball player, McGrath is a sprinter of no mean ability. He starred in the short runs both at school and in the 1931 winter campaign...
Miller's victory in the 40-yard dash was eclipsed by his unexpected appearance and triumph in the 300-yard dash. Rushing to the fore at the crack of the pistol, the giant sprinter justified the confidence Coach Farrell had shown in entering him, by outspending and out-generalling the pack. Unaccustomed to the difficult Mechanics Building corners, he negotiated them perfectly and easily led Glendenning of Dartmouth to the tape...