Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Payson finishing only a few feet ahead of Crehore and Amory. The time was 10 min. 14 1-2 sec. Considerable interest was added to the race by the capsizing of both the freshman canoes. Stokes and Winthrop went overboard at the stake, Potter and Williams on the home stretch...
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...
...mile run showed a new man of some promise in W. C. Downs, '90. C. A. Davenport, '90; W. C. Downs, '90; and R. B. Hale, '91, were the starters. Davenport set the pace all the way, but was closely dogged by Downs until the home stretch, when he spurted and won. Downs also finished well. Time 4m. 43 4-5s. Pennypacker and Gibson now threw the hammer. In this event Gibson broke the Harvard record, held last by D. B. Chamberlain, '86, at 90 ft. 1 in. His best throw was 92 ft. 4 in. A second...
...bicycle race came next. Brown, Bailey and Davis were the starters. Davis set the pace at the beginning of the last lap, when all started to spurt. Bailey got a bad fall as he was turning the first corner. Davis and Brown had a lively dash on the back stretch, but Davis managed to come in ahead. Time 6m. 20 1-2s. Crosby, Moen and Bodley came to the scratch for the '91 100-yards dash. Bodley was set back a yard for a false start. Moen came in first in 10 2-5s., followed closely by Bodley...
...south stretch of the track on Holmes Field has been extended towards North Avenue, making a straight away course of 150 yards. This has been done in order that the hurdle race may be over a straight course. On a curved track the outside men have a great disadvantage, as the distances between the hurdles are not the same at the inside and outside of the tracks. The low hurdle race in the spring meeting will be for one hundred forty-six and two-thirds yards-two-thirds of the regular intercollegiate distance...