Word: spurts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...year, gave nine hearty cheers. The eight rowed back and forth the length of the straight stretch of the river in front of the house at about thirty-three strokes to the minute. Then pausing near the coal wharf they stripped off their ferseys and prepared for a final spurt past the crowd of spectators. This time the men in the boat, urged on by the loud cries of their coxswain, fairly made their shell jump through the water, and this exhibition of speed was greeted by nine cheers repeated several times. On they went, still spurting finely, and shooting...
...spurt between the freshman, university and a scratch crew on Friday, the latter were easily distanced, while the freshmen managed to hold the university for a considerable distance...
...pace. At the end of the first lap Hendee led Frazier by a length and a half, Norton holding third place. The second lap was finished in the same order, though Frazier had reduced his opponent's lead to less than two feet. The third lap was a continuous spurt, the two leaders struggling for first place, and Norton gamely cutting down the distance between himself and the men ahead of him. Hendee rushed over the finish in 2.54 1-2s., having shaken off Frazier, who came in a length and a half behind...
...which are inscribed the names of those students who have succeeded in breaking or tieing the best Harvard record in running, leaping and other field sports. Every pennant, ball and record has its history telling of the last hot minutes of the race, the winning run, and the final spurt. No easy victories those,-won only after a deal of work and a desperate struggle with an equally welltrained opponent...
...backs rise and fall with the regularity of clockwork. Cries of "Yale !" and "Harvard !" burst from the throats of thousands of spectators, while the noise of steam whistles and of several bands of music contribute to the general uproar. Yale, spurred on by the excitement, starts in on a spurt which sends the nose of her boat to the front, while Harvard, on the outside, gives a dozen quick strokes as a starter, and then settles down to steady work. Yale eases up on her spurt and Harvard pushed her boat a little to the front, but at the turning...