Word: straightaway
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work of taking up the board track on which the University runners have been practicing this winter was begun yesterday afternoon, while, the trackmen used the straightaway between the Stadium and the North Harvard Street fence. The removal of the winter track will make room for spring football practice, which will begin Monday...
...tired from his running earlier in the evening, for he lost all that Chapin had gained and started Burke ten yards behind the Green anchor man, Letteney. The Crimson leader devoted the first three laps to bringing himself up on even terms with Letteney, then passed him on a straightaway, and had gained a lead of almost 20 yards at the finish line...
Colt won the 440-yard dash trials by a yard over Howe, who finished the same distance ahead of Curtis. Coach Brigham put Newhall and McCarthy, his two mainstays in the half-mile excluding Burke, through a 660-yard race, Newhall led until the final straightaway when McCarthy started sprinting and finally finished three yards ahead. In the mile trials Lamont overtook Coolidge on the last corner, the latter finishing second with Sherburne coming in close on his heel for third place...
...race yesterday Crew A showed up very well over the straightaway but fell behind on the bends, due in part to rather poor steering. Crew B rowed well together and gained on the turns, while Crew C. stroked by Matthews, rowed at a rather high beat but did very creditably, showing more evenness than on Saturday...
...accustomed to the unfamiliar work on the river without sacrificing any of the form which has been stressed in the indoor work. None of the crews rowed far, the work being limited for the most part to the stretch of river between Newell Boat-house and the half-mile straightaway upstream...