Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seconds and later taking third in the half. Although he had a handicap in the mile Reid distanced the field by considerably more than the length of his starting advantage. In the half Reid and Haggerty starting from scratch led, running about even until they reached the home stretch. Then from nowhere in particular appeared an unheralded runner, Gerior, of the St. Alfonso A. C., and forged ahead of the Crimson stars to break the tape in the lead...
...tree-lined stretch of asphalt road...
...interlude when laundry carts and baggage trucks and lawn mowers and grass sprayers have a sway as complete as it is desultory. The sky is often blue it is June, the grass green, and the elms with full foliage fill the eye; but men in shirt sleeves, unabashed, stretch dreary socket cords from tree to tree and other men assemble, more or less slowly, the lowest common denominators of Class Day fountains and bandstands. Heranlean pounding from behind venerable Sever provokes cases of shaking palsy among pigeons and sparrows. Altogether, the atmosphere is neither collegiate nor festive. The former...
...Crimson eights will not cover the four mile stretch at a racing stroke until Saturday, when Coach Brown will send both the first and second crews over the course. If the respective ability of Norton and Watts at stroke is shown conclusively by this race. Coach Brown will select definitely the pace setter who will face Yale on June 24. If not, another race will be staged the first part of next week...
...London, June 7.--Following the long workout yesterday afternoon in which the University oarsmen rowed the four miles downstream to the bridge on one stretch and on the way back covered a two mile course at a stroke of 22 in 12 minutes, 15 seconds, Coach E. J. Brown '96 took the men for an easy row downstream as far as the Navy Yard this morning. This afternoon the men repeated yesterday's practice...