Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile run was started with a double row of men on the 80 yd. mark. A. Blake '93, representing the B. A. A., won after a sensational spurt on the last lap. Time, 4 min. 57 45s. J. Bordman '94, (45 yds.), was third. R. R. Hollister '97, (55 yds.) made a good fight, but was beaten in the finish...
...races were too one-sided to be of interest. Contrary to expectation, the B. A. A. had a walk-over with the N. Y. A. C. The only truly exciting race was that between Amherst and Dartmouth. The men were all so evenly matched that it was a continual spurt from start to finish. Amherst held the lead throughout, but did not win by more than a yard...
...first team race at Harvard was in the spring of 1892 between the four classes. Ninety-two won the event with ease. The next fall there was again a class team race, and this time '93 won by a pretty spurt in which Hubbel passed Corbin of the graduate team...
...Dunlop kept the ball in Yale ground for some time and then Pond rushed through right tackle and made another touchdown, after a run of 75 yards. Good rushing by Pond and Jerrems gave Yale her last score. Then, with only six minutes left to play, Harvard made a spurt. The fine rushes which carried the ball over 40 yards and resulted in a touchdown were made in little more than a minute's time...
...Fouled in the first heat and were allowed to enter the finals. This event was one of the most exciting of the day. In the final heat Mansfield, Wal., took the lead at the start and kept it until near the finish when Buck, Hop. making a good spurt passed him and took first place, Mansfield second, Wisner, E. H. S., third. Time 2 minutes, 42 1-5 seconds...