Word: wins
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Laverack supplemented his good pitching by two three-base hits and a two-base bit. In the last half of the ninth inning the Loafers made three successive hits that brought in two runs, but with a man on first and second the Loafers lost their last chance to win. On a pop fly to Parton, Carr left second and ran home, allowing the Dew Drops to retire the side by an easy double play...
...many of the events the result was entirely unexpected. Spraker of Yale who was expected to win the broad jump, failed to quality and all three places were secured by Harvard. In the two mile run, where Harvard was supposed to be strongest, Yale got both first and third places, Tell beating out Richard son, who spurted too late to get better than a very close second. Clapp of Yale was looked upon as a winner in both hurdle races, but was able to get only second place...
...time of the last two events--the hammer throw and the pole vault--Harvard was ahead by 47 points to Yale's 41, needing only 6 points to win. Although Goodhue and Sawyer both did better in the pole vault than they had ever done before in practice neither was able to secure a place. Goodhue cleared the bar on his last trial, but knocked it off with his elbow. Although Boal had repeatedly thrown the hammer over 140 feet in practice, he was able to do only 126 feet, and then stepped out of the ring and was disqualified...
...clear and enthusiastic; sufficiently varied between the "situation" and the straightforward "address." Carleton chose well in taking a strong, open speech: "The Use and Abuse of Property" by Roosevelt. In his selection from Coppee, "The Benediction," Thomson attempted an entirely different type of piece--with success. Of those to win second prizes, Holmes gave "The Death of Lincoln" by Phillips Brooks; Grossman, part of Daniel O'Connell's speech on the Irish Disturbance Bill; and Minard, a selection from Sienkiewicz, "The Rescue of Lygia in the Arena...
...competitions in the high and low hurdle races for the Garcelon Bremer cups will be held this afternoon on Soldiers Field at 4.30. Two cups are offered for each race, but no man may win more than one cup. The hurdlers who have been chosen to represent Harvard in the dual games with Yale next Saturday are not eligible to compete...