Word: winner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Swayne is generally accounted the most likely winner of the 100 yards dash. Brown and Allen will doubtless run a hot race between them, with Brown a likely winner and Allen third. Allen and Hawes may both save themselves for the 220 yards dash, in which case Allen will take first, Hawes second and Thompson third. In both events the results are doubtful, but Yale will probably score eleven points to Harvard's five...
...last lap. Throughout the race the four men kept close together, but when the spurt came on the last lap, R. H. Davis dropped back and let the three undergraduates have it out. These three finally crossed the line all in a bunch, with P. W. Davis a winner in 5 min., 38 4-5 sec.; Pratt second, and Elliot third. This breaks the former American collegiate record of 5 min., 43 sec., made by Hamilton of Yale in '82, and the Harvard record of 5 min., 46 1-5 sec., made by Pratt last spring. The race...
...Interscholastic championship came to a successful close yesterday. The large number of sixty-six entries was on Saturday reduced to seven men, and yesterday morning's matches brought them to the finals. Malcolm Chace of the University Grammar School of Providence, was looked upon as a sure winner, but C. R. Budlong of the Providence High, played a much stronger game than was expected, and came very near winning the tournament. The first sets brought out some of the best tennis playing that has been seen on the Harvard courts; but Chace's sore hand bothered him considerably...
...mile bicycle race Elliot of J. E. Good the winner is also...
...carefully and placed their money accordingly, went home sadly disappointed, and with far less faith in their judgment in such uncertain events as those of the class races. Most of the orders with Ninety-five second were considered worthless and few had the confidence to name Ninety-four a winner. The favorite crew was, by all means, Ninety-three, though the seniors were for the most part loyal to their colors. The freshmen in their tug cheered lustily for their crew, which responded nobly to the encouragement...