Word: third
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fell headlong fifteen yards from the finish. At the very end of the race Blumer found an opening, and by powerful and desperate running threw himself across the tape ahead of Palmer. Leger and Kelley held their positions ahead of deSelding and the two Cornell men and took third and fourth respectively. If fewer men had been in the race the time would probably have been faster as there would have been less crowding...
...second semi-final heat of the 120-yard hurdles came very near being a surprise. Howe got a bad start and ran third for most of the distance. Hartranft of Pennsylvania led all the way and won in 15 4-5 seconds. Dwight of Princeton held second place until the last hurdle, when Howe overhauled him. In the race for the tape Howe won by inches. Piper of Harvard was fourth. The first heat was somewhat similar, as Rand was behind Robbins of Yale for the first part of the race. Talcott of Cornell won the heat with Rand second...
...disclosed an unexpected rival for first place in Craig of Michigan. He won his heat from Dawbarn of Princeton in 10 seconds, the same time made by Foster in the second heat. Kelley of Williams shut out Hawley of Dartmouth, McArthur of Cornell, and Burch of Yale by taking third in the first heat. Minds of Pennsylvania and Gamble of Princeton were the others to qualify, keeping Geary of Fordham and Blass of Cornell out of the finals. The anxiously awaited race between Foster of Harvard and Dawbarn of Princeton in the final heat resulted in an emphatic victory...
...race at New Haven two weeks ago. Gardner led for part of the distance, but lost time in clearing the hurdles. On the last hurdle Howe secured a lead that gave him the race by the narrowest of margins. Hartranft and Rand had a close contest for third, the former prevailing...
...yard dash, but that detracted nothing from the interest in the event. Harvard, Princeton, and Pennsylvania had two men each in the final heat. Foster and Dawbarn ran side by side until fifty yards from the end, when the former drew away and won by several yards. Minds was third by a safe margin, and at the tape Watson beat out Gamble and Newell for fourth...