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Word: spurts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first race was held between the second club and the second Freshman. The two crews kept together throughout the race and at no time was the lead increased beyond half a length until the finish, when the Freshmen made a final spurt, crossing the line victorious by one length...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN CREWS VICTORIOUS | 11/14/1917 | See Source »

...four-lap novice was a closely contested race. The first three men were close together during the entire race, and L. Lane '20, by a spurt in the last 50 yards, almost succeeded in nosing of N. H. White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1917 AND 1920 TOOK RELAYS | 3/1/1917 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania and brown stand first among the elevens which demonstrated an ability to respond to the finishing touches of the latter-season coaching. Dartmouth and Yale, on the other hand, seemed to have suffered a slump which, in the came of Yale, will require nothing short of a sensational spurt to prepare it for next Saturday's game with Princeton. Little improvement was shown by the Yale eleven over the earlier games of the season. A week and inconsistent attack, together with a mediocre defence, was the undoing of the Yale machine, in spite of the fact that material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EASTERN TEAMS STRONGEST | 11/14/1916 | See Source »

...their two chances to score. Aided by off-side and holding penalties, of which many were charged up against Brown, the Vermont team carried the ball from their 22-yard line to Brown's 35-yard line, but here the Providence team recovered a fumble and Vermont's spurt was futile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON ROMPED AWAY WITH BUCKNELL, BUT YALE GIVEN GREAT SCARE BY COLGATE ELEVEN SATURDAY | 11/6/1916 | See Source »

...University captured both the morning races, the second crew winning an easy race in 10.25, while the freshmen after a bad start followed the Yale boat until the last quarter mile when by a splendid spurt, they caught up on their opponents and led at the finish by two and two-fifths seconds, with a time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CREW DEFEATED YALE BOAT IN RECORD TIME | 9/22/1916 | See Source »

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