Word: lead
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...scant foot the University relay quartet was defeated by Yale last Saturday evening at the New York Athletic Club Games in one of the most sensational relay races of the year. At the start of the race, E. C. Driscoll of Yale took the lead and set the pace for W. H. Goodwin '20 until the last lap, when Goodwin pushed him hard. A. W. Douglas '21 started off with a yard handicap, but fumbled the baton and lost three yards to W. D. Prizer. On the last lap Douglas spurted past the Yale runner, and gave J. A. McCarthy...
...hard enough to keep the time straight, and to keep plays would require a whole book-keeping force on the field," said Roper. "As to limiting the system of stalling for time, the same objectionable feature would be presented. A team with a slight lead and the ball and say four more plays, would simply take the four downs and the game would be over. The other side would not have any more chance than it has under the time system...
...writer, it would be a welcome improvement. These men, together with Mr. Coffin, believe that this change would stop the extreme variation in number of plays in every game, which is neither fair nor scientific. And it would also prevent teams from playing against time to maintain a small lead, a practice which has caused much trouble in the past...
...days ago, arriving in Boston from the West, I was genuinely astonished to see on every hand placards advertising a concert of the Harvard Glee Club featuring the ex-Austrian soldier, Fritz Kreisler. As a matter of fact, the advertisements would lead one to believe that for commercial reasons the Harvard Glee Club had acquired his services in order to give a necessary publicity. In view of the fact that Kreisler has been refused entrance on the concert stage in so many cities throughout the country, I consider it a blunder on the part of the Glee Club to enter...
...Harvard Endowment Fund has divided the world for canvassing purposes has been announced by the committee. It has been compiled as of February 9, and the districts ranked according to the percentage of enrolled Harvard men in each. It will be seen that Hawaii, which has been in the lead since December 1, has dropped to fourth place, through the voluntary act of the district committee, which found that it had been enrolling non-Harvard men. The Boston total does not include the recent Atkins gift of $38,000. District. Am't. P.C. New York, western, $155,457 78 Wisconsin...