Word: straightaways
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Willcox, Jr., '17 passed most of the field on the long straightaway and won the quarter for the S. G. Wells Cup in 49 3-5 seconds. On the turn in this race, A. Biddle '16 fell after a mix-up with H. W. Minot '17 and W. J. Bingham '16 jumped the first but tumbled over the second of the two. Biddle lost a good bit of skin and was spiked, though not seriously. Bingham also was scraped somewhat. Their tumbles should not affect the running of these men in the intercollegiates next week...
...comp race C. R. Cabot '17, came in first, closely followed by W. Chanler '19 and D. P. Hull '19. The boats rowed over the one-half mile straightaway upstream. Coach Haines refereed the single scull race and Coach Abeles the comp race...
...double victory places Smith's total at nine while Gore and Standish have four and two respectively. Today's race for the third crews will start at 4.30 and will be rowed up-stream over the half-mile straightaway course...
...events are recommended, one a straightaway dash, 75 yards, and the other a straightaway hurdle race. In these two events it is obvious that there must be a definite individual winner, still the team competition is in fact adhered to, for the actual winner, individually, cannot gain any trophy, a system of point awards being made so that there will have to be team competition...
...field has been constructed with a view to the future and the needs for intercollegiate championship competitions. The sprinting straightaway is 250 yards long and 27 feet, 6 inches wide, and provides ample room for the slowing to a walk at the conclusion of the 220 dash and hurdle events. It allows six hurdles abreast. A heat of eight men can be run for the dashes with ample room and if deemed necessary, ten men can be run abreast without serious danger of interference. At all other points the track is twenty feet wide. The 440-yard...