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...straight track of 47 3-4 seconds, made by W. Baker '86, has stood since 1886. W. Willcox, Jr., '17 pushed the Pennsylvania captain to exert himself to the limit on the long straightaway, but the latter came through on the final stretch with an unbeatable record-breaking sprint...
...mile run. At the mile, which was covered in 4 minutes 48 4-5 seconds, the Cornell starts were well up in front. At the mile and a half Hoffmire and Potter of Cornell drew ahead and on the last lap of the latter came through with a great sprint. Hoffmire was second and Frey of Cornell placed third. Corwith of Cornell came up from the rear in the last lap and by a game sprint passed Halfacre of Technology and Putnam of Yale, finishing fourth. Putnam in turn went by Halfacre on the final stretch. The time...
...mile run for the J. Wells Cup was won by W. P. Whitehouse '17 from the 50-yard mark. Whitehouse passed Town-send by a strong sprint in the last few yards and covered the distance in 4 minutes 25 2-5 seconds...
...anchor man, W. Willcox, Jr., '17, started off with a terrific spring, which gave him a clean lead of 10 yards over the field. Moore of Princeton and Meredith of Pennsylvania were fighting hard for second place. Wisconsin was hopelessly outclassed. At the final turn Willcox uncorked a beautiful sprint which carried him through the winner with Princeton second, and Pennsylvania third. Meredith made a desperate effort to overcome the lead of the Harvard and Princeton flyers, but he was able to gain only a little. Willcox's quarter was clocked...
Pennsylvania hung up a new world's record when it won the sprint medley relay race in 3 minutes 28 3-5 seconds. Meredith, captain of the Pennsylvania team and holder of several world's records, stepped the last relay, the half-mile, in 1 minute 54 4-5 seconds, which is within 1 2-5 seconds of the intercollegiate record and exceptionally fast considering the condition of the track...