Word: sprinting
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...event of the evening, as far as the pubic goes will be the 40-yard dash for the Major Briggs trophy. It will combine the stars of all the sprint events in the K. of C. and Millrose A. A. games. Milland and Burns will try their luck against the collection of the world's greatest sprinters. Coach Farrell says of Miller's performance in New York Thursday night against a fair representation of these stars, "There was no daylight to be seen between Miller and Murchison at the finish of the dash at Madison Square Garden Thursday night. Murchison...
...Sprint Mark Is In Danger...
...Syracuse) had been pressing the runner in crimson (Willard L. Tibbets, Harvard). But now, as he turned his head, Tibbets saw Loucks blow a bead of sweat from the end of his nose, lift his chin and drink a great gulp of air. Yes, in another moment Loucks would sprint. Tibbets could see the finish, the crowd around the tape. It was just too far away; if he let himself out now, he could not make it; Loucks with his superior stamina would catch him. Still, it was a chance; he sent down a command to his legs...
...final row of the day, Coach Stevens took Johnson's place at number five in the first boat for the first three miles of the downstream row. At this point, Johnson resumed his seat, and a half mile sprint between the two crews was ordered. Captain Kelley's eight easily opened up a lead of almost a length by the time the distance was completed. On the way back to the boathouse, both crews practiced a series of racing starts, sprinting the last quarter mile in to the float...
Half Mile Sprint in Afternoon...