Word: winded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard defeated Princeton Saturday at Princeton in the presence of a thousand or more spectators. The day was perfect for base-ball, hot and no wind...
...fair-sized audience assembled on Holmes Saturday afternoon to witness the annual spring sports. A cold east wind interfered seriously with the contests, and it is greatly to the credit of the men that three of the records were so nearly broken. Cogswell's time in the half-mile run, Wright's in the mile walk, and Merrill's in the bicycle race were all of them so close to the Harvard records that it is safe to say that the records would have gone under more favorable conditions...
...Myer was second. In the final heat between the winners of first and second places in the trial heats, Rogers won easily in 10 1-4 seconds; Merrill was second. Rogers' time was good, taking into consideration the fact that he ran the whole distance directly against a cold wind...
...water lumpy, and for a little while it seemed to grow worse instead of mending. At the starting place the mill-dam was thronged with buggies loaded with spectators, which set off Bostonward the moment the race started. The wait at the bridge was exceedingly tedious, the cold wind dampening the ardor of the most excited...
...then after an interval, by '88 and '89. At five minutes past, '90 flashed through the draw with a clipping stroke, and took her place amid wild cheers on the inside. '87, '88 and '89 followed in order and got into line. There was not much wind by this time and the course was smooth. After the few preliminaries of stripping, etc., the referee's whistle sounded, followed quickly by the report of the gun at about 5.18. All four crews got a good start, the freshmen getting the water first, and '87, next, and as they shot forth...