Word: start
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...YARDS DASH.1, G. S. Mandell, '89; 2, J. W. Merrill, '89; 3, E. H. Rogers, '87; 4, F. D. Fisk, '86. Mandell was set back two yards for getting over the mark. Rogers got the best start and led from the beginning. Fisk ran hard and came in a good second. Rogers' time...
...YARDS DASH.1, S. G. Wells, '86; 2, Wendell Baker, '86. This was a very pretty and exciting race. Wells led at the start, and for more than 100 yards kept his position; Baker then passed him, and won in 2 m. 3 1-5 sec., with Wells a couple of yards behind...
...pounds. The others, the "heavy weights," were: Bow, G. Kingsley, 186 pounds; No. 2, A. Colgate, 197 pounds; No. 3, W. R. Kingsley. 185 pounds; stroke, H. S. Ames, 246 pounds. The race was three-quarters of a mile, with a turn. The little men got a good start, owing to the heavy weight crew catching crabs. Capt. Peters, of the foot ball team, who weighs nearly 200 pounds, was the latter's coxswain, and he saved the race for his crew by cutting out the light-weights at the turn, thus getting a lead which the others were unable...
...water's edge. The race was for a supper to be given by the vanquished, but both crews were so thoroughly pumped that the banquet has been postponed for a few days. The students took great interest in the contest, and crowds of them watched it from start to finish. - N. Y. Times...
...crew as a whole does not keep good time; the oars hang over the water and do not go in neatly enough. The men do not slide slowly enough on the recover; they do not start on the recover soon enough; most of them do not feather long enough; they do not keep their blades quite covered, and some of them get jerky when they spurt." - Columbia Spectator...