Word: sprints
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...final heat. Williams secured third place. In the 40 yards dash, handicap, W. P. Henneberry '06, 7 ft., took third place in the final heat, which was run in record time. J. H. Stone '04, with a 50 yards start, won the 1000 yards handicap race by a creditable sprint on the last lap. The time was two minutes and 23 seconds. C. H. Robinson '04, with a handicap of one foot and an actual put of 42 ft. 1 1-2 inches, was awarded second place in the shot put. Sheldon, of N. Y. A. C., won the event...
...held it until turning into the stretch, when Moulton of Yale closed up on him and the two struggled for first place, Moulton finally winning by two yards. Clapp increased the lead over Lightner to about ten yards, holding it until he entered the stretch where Lightner on a sprint closed up the distance and finished only a yard behind. Willis took the third quarter and made the fastest time for Harvard. On the back stretch by a remarkable spurt he passed Hunter of Yale and maintained the lead to the end, finishing about four yards ahead of the Yale...
...believe that a three mile race can in no case be considered a sprint, and that the style and standard in rowing and in men, necessary for the best results, is the same as that required in a race of four miles...
Workman, the Cambridge captain, has recently cone a great deal of work in the half-mile run, and because of his wonderful ability to set a hard pace and keep a good reserve for a sprint, should win the event easily. He ran the distance last Saturday in two minutes flat without being hard pressed, and on the same day Boynton won the Harvard Yale trial in 2 minutes 1 1-5 seconds...
...mile run is also conceded to Oxford and Cambridge, as Cockshott of Cambridge and Gregson and Cawthra of Oxford are all superior to Clark of Harvard in both endurance and ability to sprint...