Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...were second with 26 1-2, the Sophomores third with 21 2-3 and the Freshmen last with 20 5-6. The meet was not characterized by any fast performances, but was more evenly contested than the usual interclass games. A strong wind blew against the men in the stretch which in a measure accounted for the poor times made. The track, however, was in good condition. The field events were on the whole very weak...
...mile championship Schick by a quick start and fast running obtained the lead and held it until turning into the stretch, when Moulton of Yale closed up on him and the two struggled for first place, Moulton finally winning by two yards. Clapp increased the lead over Lightner to about ten yards, holding it until he entered the stretch where Lightner on a sprint closed up the distance and finished only a yard behind. Willis took the third quarter and made the fastest time for Harvard. On the back stretch by a remarkable spurt he passed Hunter of Yale...
...start of the two-mile, Boynton, Baker of Columbia and Smith of Pennsylvania remained close together. In the second quarter, Smith took the lead with Boynton a close second and Baker third. On the back stretch Boynton attempted to pass Smith, who increased his speed and finished two yards in the lead. From then on Columbia was practically out of the race. Gill started the second relay for Pennsylvania and Adams for Harvard. The two remained together almost throughout the half-mile. Gill, however, by a spurt finished almost fifteen yards ahead of Adams. DuBois, who was pitted against Pennsylvania...
...mile run held Thursday morning to determine the four-mile relay team was characterized by the fast pace maintained throughout the race. In the last lap J. C. Grew '02 spurted in the stretch and finished first. J. W. Foster '03 came in second, only a few feet behind the winner. E.W. Mills '02 and F. S. Buffum '04 finished some distance behind Grew and Foster and obtained respectively third and fourth places. The time was 4 minutes, 44 seconds...
...graded crews yesterday did the last hard work before the regatta tomorrow. As the Newell crews did not row over the course on Tuesday, each took a hard stretch of about a mile yesterday; followed by Vail in the "John Harvard." Wray coached the Weld crews from a single...