Word: tape
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...former's team was made up of Taylor, Tyler and Graves who battled with Berlo, McDuffee and Martin. First counted six points, second, five, and so on. McDuffee set the pace for two laps, then Berlo took the lead with Taylor closely following. The order was changed at the tape by Taylor's final effort. The Press cyclers won by a score of 11 to 9. The finishing order was as follows: 1, Taylor; 2, Berlo; 3, McDuffee; 4, Graves; 5, Martin. Tyler fell on the last turn...
...fully 3.45 when referee Mapes called for the first heat of the 100 yards dash. And the quick, sharp Yale cheer rang out when Swayne of Yale speeded down the track and crossed the tape first, an easy winner in 10 2-5 seconds. Thompson and Hawes of Harvard had a very pretty brush for second place, the latter winning by two feet. In the second heat, Allen of Yale had very little difficulty in coming in first, Brown of Harvard finishing second. When it came to the finals, both Brown and Hawes strained every nerve to secure first place...
...Yale and in this one case, the foregone conclusion proved to be correct - Swayne and Allen winning first and second. For third place there was a very lively skirmish between Thompson and Hawes of Harvard, but the former was just a foot ahead of Hawes when the tape was reached and thus secured third place...
When Finlay's last throw with the hammer was measured last Saturday, the tape, being a cloth one, was wet, and stretched perceptibly when drawn taut. The throw, measured accurately with a steel tape yesterday by Mr. Lathrop, proved to be 108 feet, 9 inches...
...smart pace, doing the first half in 2.13. The five men stuck pretty well together until the last lap when Manley '93 dropped out. On the stretch on the last turn White and Lowell broke away from Carr, M. S., and Nichols '94, and sprinted for the tape, Lowell finishing first in 4 minutes, 34 1-5 seconds, White a close second...