Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...river still remains filled with ice so that the crew was obliged yesterday to row again in the tank. A sufficient stretch of water was clear, however, for a little rowing in the pair-oar. Powers '92 and Shaw '94 rowed for about an hour in the early part of the afternoon while Captain Perkins steered the boat and coached them. The men who rowed in the tank were: Perkins, Powers, Kelton, Jones, Rantoul, Winthrop, Lynam, Vail, and Watriss...
...ninth of a mile in circumference. It now consists merely of the section of flooring which is marked off at either end by a curved strip of black paint, but planking will be set up to mark clearly to the runner as he comes up the straight stretch on either side the exact size and shape of the curve that he must turn. The seats for the spectators will be rather close to the outer edge of the track but not uncomfortably...
...first heat Brown (20 yards) tried hard to overtake Howe of Yale (60 yards) and finished a very close second. Hawes was third. In the second. Hawes was third. In the second heat Greenleaf (scratch) took his time and beat Barron (20 yards) on the home stretch...
...there were four starters. H. M. Wheelwright took the lead at the 220 mark and finished first in 56 sec. F. Baker spurted down the home stretch, but could not catch Wheel wright. He finished second...
...spring handicap road race of the Harvard University 'Cycling Association was run yesterday afternoon over the Chestnut Hill reservoir course. The showers in the early afternoon had not softened the road, and everything was favorable for a race except a strong breeze which hindered the men on the back stretch. During the two last laps, however, rain began to fall which made the finish very disagreeable. Austrian, '91, and Strauss, '93, were the first to start, with a handicap of 6 minutes; Hockstatter, '93 (5 m. 30 sec.); Hawes, '93, (2 m. 30 sec); Holmes...