Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...times, I've made a verbal spurt...
...brought out E. A. Ballard, '81, University of Penn., J. F. Jenkins, '81, Columbia, B. W. Mackintosh, '84, Lafayette, and E. J. Wendell, '82, Harvard. At the pistol shot Jenkins jumped away with the lead and held it round the curve until the home stretch where Wendell made his spurt and won by several yards, Jenkins falling from exhaustion at the end. Time 23 1-5 sec., which betters the American College record by nearly half a second. Jenkins won the running broad jump with a record of 20 ft. 9 1/4 in. The 2-mile bicycle race...
...Sophmores soon drew ahead, Curtis working his crew at 42 strokes, while the others were six strokes slower. The Sophomores led by about a length, near the end of the first mile, with '81 second, and '82 virtually out of the race. But now the Seniors commenced a magnificent spurt, and drew up inch by inch on '83. The latter spurted also, but too late, as the Seniors crossed the line a third of a length ahead. Time : '81, 9 min. 4 1/2 sec.; '83, 9 min. 5 1/2 sec. The Juniors came in, without hurrying, about three-quarters...
...dash horse." Bell and Thorndike allowed themselves to drop behind at the start, apparently intending to keep their strength for the last lap. Cuyler and Parker in this way got a long lead. On the fourth lap, Thorndike drew up to second place, and Bell, by a brilliant spurt, took third place; but neither of them was able to catch Cuyler, who won in 4 min. 37 3/5 sec., just failing to equal the best amateur record. Thorndike's time was 4 min. 42 2/5 sec., and Bell...
...water first and got a lead of half a length, which he doubled during the first quarter. Holder then caught up, by a long and steady stroke, and at the half-mile passed Williams. From this point on the race was easily Holder's, although Williams made a good spurt at the finish, coming in a length and a half behind. The time was very poor, Holder's being 8 m. 46 s., and Williams...