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...again! Springing from unknown parentage last year, it has staggered along a chequered path, and only saved itself from collapse last month by resorting to the well-known ruse of the possum. By playing dead for one issue it has been able to recover enough vitality to totter around for one more lap before its inevitable fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYING 'POSSUM | 3/26/1920 | See Source »

...gave out and he fell fifty yards from the finish. It was evident early in the race that he was not in fit condition for so long a distance and that a substitute should have run in his stead. He showed great pluck, however, and after falling managed to totter to the finish, where he was relieved by Haskell. Haskell started over half a lap behind Spitzer and finished with a slightly wider gap between the two runners. Merrihew took up the next relay for Harvard and started in pursuit of La Montagne. The lead was a hopeless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. A. A. INDOOR MEET | 2/3/1908 | See Source »

...Totter, Bowditch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarships for 1893-94. | 10/12/1893 | See Source »

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