Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rowing Club races which were held on Saturday proved to be very exciting and closely contested. There were three entries for the singles and Youngman '95 won in 10 minutes and 10 seconds Taylor finished second having made a beautiful spurt towards the end; Hughes was third...
...with Cady of Yale second. The final heat between Lyman, Hart, Cady and Shead was one of the closest races of the day. Shead and Lyman came down the track side by side, took the last hurdle together, and only by a very small margin on the final spurt did Lyman come in ahead. Hart was third. Time...
...Yale. The men started off closely bunched with the Yale men in the lead. Merrill, who had started on the outside, was carefully "pocketed" and for about half the distance was last man. By this time Bingham and Pinkham had come to the front; Merrill then made a beautiful spurt and took the lead which he held without difficulty to the finish. Bingham came in second and Pinkham third. Time...
...Wight who had been keeping close together gradually drew up on him. On the last lap they passed him. Wight then had the pole and was slightly in the lead; Endicott tried repeatedly to pass him but did not succeed until the last curve when he made a final spurt and won by a few feet. Just at the finish Bardeen overtook S. H. Bunnell who fell so that the judges called the third place a tie. This point was counted for Harvard as Bunnell declined to walk another mile to settle it. Time...
...Baker second. There were therefore three Harvard men with only one Yale man in the finals. This was a very close race between Merrill and Richards. At the start Richards took the lead and in the middle of the course was well ahead. Merrill made a brilliant spurt near the finish and won by a couple of feet. Considering that Merrill had just won the quarter mile in 51 seconds his work in the 220 was phenomenal and cannot be too highly praised. This made the score 53 for Harvard to Yale's 43 thus making our victory practically certain...