Word: fell
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After these came the mile run, which was won by Conneff, the Irish champion, in 4m. 43 3-5s. Davenport of Harvard was second by two yards, beating a field of some of the best amateurs in the country. Harmar of Yale fell down on the back stretch of the first lap, but ran through the race...
...very sad accident occurred last Saturday to one of the Chapel choir boys. Cyrus Furbish was riding along the street on his bicycle when he lost control of it and fell under the heels of a horse standing attached to a wagon near the sidewalk. The horse started, dragging the boy with his machine under the wheels. The boy received injuries so serious that death resulted Sunday morning...
...before. Accordingly, by way of revenge, they formed a plot against the sophomore who had acted as judge at the trial of the three freshmen. They sent him a telegram, calling on him to meet a friend who was to reach Hanover on the midnight train. The sophomore unsuspiciously fell into the trap, and, while on his way to the railroad station, was seized by some freshman and driven seven or eight miles into the country, and there left to get back as best he could. The freshmen are elated at the success of this manoeuvre...
...admirable bit of descriptive writing. The Swiss landscape in all its peacefulness and silent grandeur seems lying stretched out before the reader, while the account of the little guide has in it a vein of pathos which adds greatly to the sketch. The fate of an artist who fell in love with a ghostly maiden is told in "A New England Legend." It is very concisely written and does not lack interest. "Topics of the Day" is a new departure in the Advocate. It is not to appear in every number; but it is to be devoted to live subjects...
...Harvard was very slow in getting down. Tallant made several attempts to regain the rope but they were ineffectual. Tech won by 8 in. The tug-of-war was followed by the running high jump. Wason, Finneshan, Irwin, and R. S. Hale, (H. A. A.,) were the contestants. Hale fell out at 5 ft. 3-4 in., Irwin and Finneshan at 5 ft. 3 1-2 in., leaving Wason winner at that height. It was now about five o'clock and the first sparring event was called. Ellis, M. I. T., and Walters, Harvard, '91, feather-weights, answered the call...