Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...good one and the track and field were in excellent condition. The two captains agreed to run the dashes and the hurdle races up the stretch instead of down, so that the runners might have at their backs the brisk breeze which was blowing...
Yale was very strong in the mile run. Williams set the pace for the first three laps and then dropped back, leaving Knowles, Clark and Swan in the lead, but Smith and Weston passed them on the last turn and came down the stretch with a good margin. No one was surprised to see Boardman win the 440-yards dash, but Dean and Clerk ran him an exceedingly fast four hundred yards...
...half mile run was the best race of the day and the result was most unexpected. Smith of Yale was supposed to be an easy winner and Poynter a good second. Smith came into the stretch first, buthe was running hard and was closely followed by Applegate. About forty yards from the finish the latter made a beautiful spurt, came up on Smith, ran evenly with him for a second, and then left him, winning by four or five yards...
...track was in very good condition but a strong wind blowing up the back stretch made the distance runs rather slow. Still the time in the short sprints and hurdles was very fair. Several new men showed up well especially J. G. Willis '02 who won the low hurdles and finished second in the high hurdles, and J. E. Haigh '03 who won the 100 yards dash in 10 1-5s. In the broad jump, C. D. Daly '01, sprained his ankle so severely that he was not able to compete. D. Grant 2M., won the open University...