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...Barron, Jr., '14,, led from the start in the quarter-mile and after a gruelling sprint down the long straight-away, burst the tape three yards ahead of Wilkie, the Yale favorite, on whose heels came J. C. Rock '15. The time 49s., equals the record made by J. F. Haigh of Harvard...
...Capper '15 set a terrific pace in this race, going the first quarter in 54 2-5 seconds. T. W. Koch '14 went into the lead in the back stretch, but tired and was passed on the turn by Brown. In the home stretch Poucher's sprint took second place from Cappen who had worked forward again after having fallen behind...
...these, in the 220-yard low hurdles and high jump, as well as two second places, in the 120-yard high hurdles and broad jump. The other first place for the Freshmen was secured by G. Lamont '16, who won the 880-yard run by a beautiful sprint at the finish...
Taking into consideration the cold weather and heavy track, the showing made by the Freshmen in their annual track meet yesterday was very creditable. The performances of Tower in the sprints and those of Carter in the mile and two-mile were the features of the afternoon. Stone ran a very pretty race in the half, winning his event with ease after a well-timed sprint at the finish...
...taking his pace from Paull and running easily. The time for the half-mile was 2 minutes, 8 1-5 seconds. At the three-quarter mark Paull was still leading, with Hanavan and Jones at his heels. The latter then began what can be called "that famous Cornell sprint" and went to the fore in short order. Hanavan passed Paull and tried to hold to Jones, but was unable to do so, finishing 20 yards behind. Paull still had a sprint left and almost succeeded in beating out the Michigan man at the finish. H. P. Lawless...