Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Olympic record of 1 minute, 54 seconds in the 800-metre race was made by Melvin Sheppard, who thus improved on Lightbody's former mark by two seconds. Halstead of Cornell in a brilliant race won the 1500-metre from J. P. Sullivan, the present A. A. U. mile champion in 4 minutes, 1 1-5 seconds and beat the former Olympic record held by Lightbody. The 3200-metre steeplechase was won by J. S. Eisele, formerly of Princeton, in the record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds. Other performances of interest were the winning of the 400-metre...
...fielding of the team was unusually good, McCall playing in his old form, and Harding making several brilliant plays at first base. The University team batted in the following order: Leonard, 3b.; McCall, 2b.; Harvey, c.f.; Aronson, r.f.; Lanigan, l.f.; Currier, c.; Simons, s.s.; Harding...
...game was almost lost in the ninth inning, but brilliant playing by Dillon and Sides saved the day. Heyniger did not pitch, but Clark was Effective, and held Pennsylvania to three hits. Princeton secured five hits and also made two errors...
...earth's surface and the aquacious essence prevalent in the air yesterday the CRIMSON and the Lampoon valiantly matched their skill at the national game. The scene was one of delicate picturesqueness,--the contestants decked out in gala attire, and the vast concourse of onlookers displaying ostentatiously their brilliant outing costumes. The umpire was at times whimsical and at the third inning called the game on account of dampness. But nothing daunted the two teams and they played on amid cataract and slough. At the end of the game the special delegates from the mathematical department declared the score...
...kept up his good batting by making a two-base hit and a safe bunt. McCall at second played in last year's form, and accepted six chances without an error. His clever stop back of second and quick throw to Simons which ended the game was a brilliant piece of work. Briggs was steady on first base and had fourteen put-outs to his credit. The batting of the team as a whole was not as strong as might have been expected...