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Word: sprints (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard,, and can throw the 12-pound ball nearly 52 feet. Crowley also shines as a jumper, being able to clear 5 feet 9 inches in the high and 20 feet in the broad leaps. A teammate of his, J. S. Birge, is one of the outstanding sprint entries in the meet. He has records of 10 seconds and 22 seconds for the 100 and 220 respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOOLBOY MEET WILL SHOW EXCELLENT WORK | 5/11/1929 | See Source »

...opened up water gradually at a steady 32 stroke till it had a three length lead at the bridge. Here the water grew rougher, and although both crews dropped the stroke to a 30, the Crimson eight continued to draw gradually ahead, and held its lead in the final sprint, covering the mile and 5-16 in 7 minutes 7 seconds. The engineers were clocked at 7 minutes 25 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TECH FALLS ASTERN IN BASIN BATTLES | 5/9/1929 | See Source »

...other relay event in which Harvard placed was the sprint medley in which a team composed of G. A. Tupper '29, T. F. Mason '30, V. L. Hennessy '30, and David Cobb '31, came in fourth. New York University, the winner in this race, set up an astonishing record of 3 minutes, 28 and 1-5 seconds, breaking the previous mark by six seconds. The event is run in four legs of 440, 330, 330, and 880 yards respectively. The running of Tupper who covered the quarter in 49 and 3-5 seconds featured from the Harvard angle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISTANCE RELAY MEN TAKE SECOND AT PHILADELPHIA | 4/27/1929 | See Source »

...Engineers are reported to be in the pink of condition and will follow their custom of taking a long starting sprint. Although last week's race with the Navy was rowed over a Henley course both crews are prepared to inaugurate the new two mile course recently laid out in the Charles River Basin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD ROWING RIVALS FACE FOES | 4/26/1929 | See Source »

...lions aren't so hard to picture," interposed Mr. Johnson. "They are muscle-pound and while fast in a sprint, tire quickly. After a heavy meal, also, they are slow and easy to stalk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Martin Johnsons Describe Perils of Filming Elephants in African Jungles--"But Lions are Easy," is Their Verdict | 4/24/1929 | See Source »

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