Word: sprints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miller, giant sprinter, showed great early season form in defeating Hussey of Boston College in a burning 40 yards sprint. Off like a flash at the shot of the pistol, the Crimson flier ripped off a dazzling 40 yards, breaking the tape after a front race from the start...
...equal importance will be the clash between A. H. Miller '27, the University's great speedster, Frank Hussey of Boston College, and George Daley of Holy Cross, in the 40 yard sprint. Hussey was the National A. A. U. champion two years ago, and last year ran a neck and neck race with Miller in the 70 yard dash. Daley is considered one of the fastest men to get off the mark...
...Peet '28. Captain E. C. Haggerty '27 and J. C. Real '28, next year's Cross Country leader, have been showing up well in the distance events. Miller, H. W. Burns '28, Lundell, and T. E. Dunn '29, will undoubtedly represent the University in the sprint events tomorrow...
...friend across the water asks. There is yet some joy in life. What remains of life does not at once look bleak and dreary to an English 'varsity man if he happens to drop a ball. Nor does he feel eternally disgraced if, by mischance, he falls during a sprint or crumples up in a shell...
...first eighth mile. Penn began to forge ahead with Tech's prow holding on about half a length in the rear. Harvard, a length behind, had dropped its stroke to 34 two points lower than Penn's. A little before the crews came to the bridge Tech started a sprint which carried it ahead of the Quaker crew...