Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...three-quarters had passed McGee. Paull continued to run entirely alone forty yards ahead and finished the race in a splendid sprint that seemed to cause him no effort. McGee managed to regain third place at the beginning of the last lap and on the final stretch made a desperate effort that brought him second place ahead of Tower. May retained his lead over Coney and finished fourth...
...qualified in the third heat, although the latter barely held his place by tying with Palmer of Haverford for third. Merrihew ran under difficulties all the way. He was forced to run wide at the turn on account of his position at the extreme right, and in the final stretch he was boxed and several times had to change his stride. At the very end he freed himself and sprinted ahead for second place. Hitchcock of Cornell had an easier time and held the lead for the latter part of the race after LaMontagne of Yale began to lose ground...
...quarter-mile was the best race of the afternoon, S. C. Simons '11 winning by a slight margin in the creditable time of 52 4-5 seconds. The mile was another well-contested race, in which H. Guild '10 just beat out C. P. Howard '09 in the home stretch. In the two-mile, H. Y. Masten '10 established a lead at the outset, which he maintained throughout, winning in rather slow time. The performances in the field events were poor...
...Bridge the University crew was leading by three lengths. At this point Columbia's high stroke began to tell on the men, and the crew was clearly out of the race. From Harvard Bridge to the finish the University crew gained steadily, rowing about 33. Entering upon the final stretch Sargent raised the stroke to 38, and the crew finished fully six lengths ahead...
...light work for the men yesterday, although the crew went out both in the morning and the afternoon. The work, on the whole, was distinctly encouraging. In the morning the crew went out at 12 o'clock and rowed up-stream. The work was very light, consisting of short stretches, Coach Wray paying special attention to eradicating the slight individual faults of the men. A few racing starts were tried. The afternoon work was much the same. The crew rowed up to the end of the long stretch above the Still-man Infirmary and back. The boat seemed...