Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gonterman '95 won, with a handicap of 7 ft., in 4 3/5s. The mile invitation race, which resulted in a dead heat between Kilpatrick, U. C. of N. Y., and Orton, U. of P., was very exciting, the latter only catching up with Kilpatrick by a beautiful spurt. J. W. Edson '98 and G. Newell '98, won second place in the 440 yds. handicap and the mile handicap respectively. Most of the team races were exciting, but the time was not especially good in any of them. K. K. Kubli L. S. won the shot putting by an actual...
Yesterday the two freshman crews rowed 600 quick strokes, finishing with a lively spurt. There was no change in the make-up. Two new men came...
...different course to Fresh Pond. Circling the pond, the trail went across the fields down the railroad tracks to Brattle street, down Mason street, finishing in front of the Law School. As Coolidge came into Brattle street, Hinckley was second, with the other men well up, but in the spurt the first six men finished in the following order...
From start to finish the men made a gallant fight and certainly nothing pluckier was ever seen on the football field than the magnificent spurt which the team made just before time was called. Luck played an important part in the game and it was invariably against...
...best races of the day were the 120 yds. hurdles and the 100 yds. dash. In the former the men were exceedingly close over the last hurdle, but on the final spurt, V. Munroe '96, won from scratch, with F. Mason '96 a close second. F. H. Bigelow '98 had no difficulty in winning the 100 yds. dash, from the scratch. In the two mile bicycle race W. R. Brinckerhoff '97, with a handicap of 50 yards, rode in fine form and soon passed the limit men and won easily. The rest of the events were very mediocre performances...