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...five mile race was one of the most interesting of the day. There were at least 20 entrants, among whom were many marathon stars. The race was won by F. Fowler of the B. A. A. with a time of 27 minutes. Fowler is the national 5 and 10-mile champion and was a member of the Olympic team. He ran a very pretty race against a stiff handicap. Captain Bemis of the cross-country team won third place, with Raycroft and H. C. Pratt '23 in fourth and fifth places respectively. The University men ran sterling races and except...
...author's handwriting, and a similar edition of "Ferishtah's Fancies," and one of the first issues of "Pauline." The original manuscript and earliest printed issue of "Helen's Tower" completes the Browning collection. Mrs. Browning is represented by a rare first edition of "The Battle of Marathon" and "Sonnets From the Portuguese." There is also on exhibition an autographed letter of Tennyson...
...relay race from Chateau-Thierry to Paris. Each team will be composed of twenty-five men who will run three miles apiece. The harriers will carry a message to President Wilson by a soldier who took part in the battle of Chateau-Thierry. Should this event prove successful, the marathon race will be held annually...
Coach Donovan will give the distance runners a two-mile tryout on the cinder track in the Stadium at 5 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of sizing up the material and choosing the best men for the R. O. T. C. marathon relay on April 19, in which the University Corps is to enter a team of ten runners. A large proportion of the men chosen for the run of Patriots' Day will undoubtedly be Freshmen, for the 1921 team is unusually strong in distance...
Lewis will also captain the R. O. T. C. relay team which has arranged to enter the road race over the Ashland-Boston marathon course on Patriots' Day, April 19. He has been the most successful long distance runner in the class of 1920, winning many cross-country races. He was captain of his Freshman cross-country team and also led the University cross-country team last fall. He has, in addition, entered many amateur races about Boston...