Word: spurting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Phillips returned to the track, thinking he had been misjudged, but in the effort to overtake the leaders he ran and was taken off again. In his absence the race was won by Houghton of Amherst in 7m. 14 3-5s. Thrall of Yale took second by a spurt past Drew of Harvard...
...innings, they were able to make things interesting. Whittemore had decidedly an off day at second and Stevenson dropped two easy flies in cnetre. The latter, however, batted well and it was his three-base hit in the seventh which sent in two runs and started the Harvard spurt. Corbett covered first in place of Dickinson, who injured his thumb in the Amherst game. He had one bad muff and poor headwork on his part cost a run. The score by innings...
...mile run Morgan of Yale won easily at the finish, making a new league record of 4 min. 31 2-5 sec. Coolidge, who had followed closely till the spurt began, took second, and Carson third...
...trial heats in the two mile bicycle race. Heidrich of Yale won the first heat, with Brinckerhoff second. In the next heat Glenny of Yale allowed Elliot to take first place; but in the final race Elliot had no sufficient lead to meet the Yale man's fine spurt. He won second place, however, leaving third to Heidrich of Yale. As all the men held back till the finish the time of the final race was very slow...
...half mile '96 was spurting and soon put two boat lengths between herself and '94. This lead was kept to the finish. There was some space between '94 and '95, who kept up the spurt to the finish...