Word: sprints
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Playing without its injured tailback star, Royce Flippin, Princeton defeated Brown last Saturday, 14 to 7, and will come into Soldiers Field next weekend leading the Ivy League. The Tigers scored on a one-yard plunge by fullback Dick Martin and on a 26-yard sprint by wingback Bill Danforth. Brown's touchdown was made by fullback Bob Johnson from one yard...
...dawn broke, Thomas could see crowds gathering along the Victoria shoreline. With an exuberant sprint, he closed the last 25 yards, staggered up the beach into the arms of his wife. Then, after a cup of coffee, he was whisked off to Victoria for a municipal welcome. Later, with nearly $3,000 in prize money and bonuses in his pocket, he expanded on his plans: "I'd like to try the Golden Gate swim and after that the Gibraltar strait. If I don't get too old, I'd like to break every swimming record there...
...everyone's surprise, the Russians found themselves up against a better-conditioned crew. The Canadians not only were sharper at maneuvering on the wind-chopped Thames, but they had more strength left for a last-minute sprint. The Red rowers finished 1¼ lengths behind...
...victory. The Canadians could hardly have expected to keep up their winning ways when they took on the University of Pennsylvania's crack eight in the finals. Still, they managed to make a race of it. The Quakers had to put all their power into a last-stretch sprint to finish a third of a length in front...
With half a mile to go, Washington's No. 2 man wilted in the heat, caught a couple of crabs and collapsed into the Husky bowman, who gave up and left his oar dragging in the water. Now Penn found strength for a sprint, came on to pass Navy and the Huskies. The Quakers were closing fast, but Cornell calmly raised the beat to 32, slid past the log boom at the finish, 10 seconds and a long 2½ lengths in front...