Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile walk, Phillips and Liebman were much faster than the other men who took part and finished half a lapahead. Phillips set the pace from the start and by a good spurt near the finish secured a lead of 15 yards...
...greatest praise is due to the B. A. A. crew for the magnificent contest which they put up. Nothing could have been finer than the way in which they answered Harvard's spurt in the last half mile and kept it up until they had won by ten feet...
...throughout. He carried the rest of the men over the course in fine form and kept the race from degenerating into a slow loaf, as is usually the case with these races. He was only passed on the last lap by H. B. Hewitt who won by a good spurt down the home stretch...
...close up the gap a bit. Harvard made another attempt to catch the Yale boat at the three-mile flag, and succeeded in gaining a few seconds, which they held to the three-and-a-hald-mile flag. Thereafter Yale continued to pull away steadily, notwithstanding Harvard's desperate spurt toward the finish. An occasional break between four and five in the Harvard boat was about the only fault to be seen in either crew. The winning time was not fast considering the conditions. Both crews rowed in excellent form from start to finish, Yale excelling in blade work...
...Riversides by about ten feet after a very exciting race. The Shawmuts failed to appear at the start. The Weld crew led past the Harvard Bridge down to the three-quarter mile mark; then the Riversides forged slightly ahead and kept their lead to the end, although a spurt by the Weld crew cut it down to ten feet at the finish. The Weld crew was somewhat put out in the last quarter by a senior crew of the Riversides, which crowded them out of the inside course and coached their opponents...