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Word: spurted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spring regatta which was held at Lake Saltonstall last Saturday was a very pleasant affair. The principal event of the afternoon was the race between the junior, sophomore and freshmen crews, which was won by '90. The juniors secured a slight lead at first, but in their first spurt their bow had the misfortune to break his oar, which practically threw '89 out of the race. The contest between '90 and '91 for first place was exceedingly close throughout, each being alternately ahead. Ninety-one came in only a second behind '90. The University crew also entered the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Letter. | 5/23/1888 | See Source »

...race is run. The shot was put by H. Pennypacker, '88, and H. B. Gibson, '88. Pennypacker won with a put of 38 ft. 8 in. A hard quarter-mile was run between T. J. Stead, '91, and E. Sturgis, '90. The men started rather slowly, but began to spurt rather soon. Stead won in 54 2-5s. The mile run showed a new man of some promise in W. C. Downs, '90. C. A. Davenport, '90; W. C. Downs, '90; and R. B. Hale, '91, were the starters. Davenport set the pace all the way, but was closely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Meeting of the H. A. A. | 5/7/1888 | See Source »

...nine took the lead at the start. At the end of the first quarter of a mile '89 was ahead, with '90 and '88 close behind. At this time '88 and '91 were running 36 strokes to a minute; '89 and '90 were rowing more steadily at 33. '90 spurted and took the lead. From this time until the end of the race, '90 gradually drew ahead of the other boats. The freshmen dropped slowly to the rear and were practically out of the race from the beginning. At the end of the mile '90 was two boat lengths ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Class Races. | 5/3/1888 | See Source »

...good hurdler, and if he would only practice has a show of getting a place in the New York game. The '91 twomile bicycle race came next. Brown, Bailey and Davis were the starters. Davis set the pace at the beginning of the last lap, when all started to spurt. Bailey got a bad fall as he was turning the first corner. Davis and Brown had a lively dash on the back stretch, but Davis managed to come in ahead. Time 6m. 20 1-2s. Crosby, Moen and Bodley came to the scratch for the '91 100-yards dash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. Class Meeting. | 5/1/1888 | See Source »

...skin of his teeth, from being placed in the bowl. Meanwhile the fire-plug had been gained, and ominous thuds began to tell of the severe ordeal the bowl was undergoing. Incensed, however, at being abused in such a way the fire-plug suddenly began to splutter and spurt, and in less than a minute the crowd was squirted away. This saved the bowl's life. For now the Meds had come and were doing their best to take the bowl to Medical Hall. When the college men saw that the Meds were gaining steadily they combined their forces. With...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Annual Bowl Fight at the University of Pennsylvania. | 2/11/1888 | See Source »

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