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Word: spurt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...picked to win, on the last stretch and broke the tape two feet ahead of his opponent. O'Connell at the start ran in fourth place but at the half-way mark passed McDermott of Cornell and Bartels of Johns Hopkins into second place; and except for a premature spurt by O'Brien of Yale on the last lap, it was between the Crimson miler and Crawford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL TEAM WINNER OF INTERCOLLEGIATE MEET | 6/2/1919 | See Source »

...second place in the 220-yard dash. In these dashes W. C. Haymond, Pennsylvania, showed excellent form and won two firsts. J. D. Hutchinson '19 in the two-mile run finished in the fourth place, nearly passing the third man, S. W. Sedgwick of Michigan, in a final spurt. C. G. Krogness '21 tied for fourth place in the high-jump (which was won by R. W. Landon, Yale), with J. A. Ramsay of Cornell, clearing 5 feet, 9 inches. H. C. Flower '19 found stiff competition in the broad jump against Johnson of Michigan and Le Gendre of Georgetown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL TEAM WINNER OF INTERCOLLEGIATE MEET | 6/2/1919 | See Source »

...latter crew, maintaining a high stroke, gained steadily on the Sophomores throughout the first mile, while the Senior eight, after a short brush with 1921, dropped well to the rear. As the boats neared Harvard Bridge the leaders were a length to the good. Both coxswains called for a spurt, and the Juniors added a half length to their advantage before running into the rough water of the Basin. From that moment until the final sprint both, strokes lowered their cadence considerably and, matching spurt for spurt, held their relative positions until the finish line was crossed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR EIGHT VICTOR IN INTER-CLASS RACE | 5/9/1919 | See Source »

...Orange and Black now made a spurt and enabled Wintersteen to score just before the end of the half, leaving the score for the period 3-2 in favor of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY SEVEN OVERCAME PRINCETON 7-2 CLOSED SEASON OF SEVEN GAMES UNDEFEATED | 2/24/1919 | See Source »

...second race between the first club and the first Freshmen, the latter won by a more substantial lead. The Freshmen started with a very fast stroke which they maintained to the end, and as they approached Harvard Bridge they made a spurt which put them over two lengths in the lead at the finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN CREWS VICTORIOUS | 11/14/1917 | See Source »

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