Word: sprinter
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...mile trophy is presented by Ex-Mayor Curley of Boston, and has been won in the past four years by such stars as Joie Ray, Patrick Mahoney, Lloyd Hahn, and Leo Larrive. Larrivee is expected to run this year. In the dash events Hubert Houben, the German sprinter, and Frank Hussey, national 100-yard champion, are entered. All other events except the two relay races are to be handicap affairs...
...achieve the as yet unrecorded height of 14 ft. He will also compete on board tracks against the best U. S. middle-distance runners. Charles Hoff is the first to arrive of four celebrated European athletes. Others who will compete here this winter are imperturbable Hubert Houben, German sprinter; hirsute Adrian Paulen, Dutch middle-distancer; and George R. Goodwin, British walking champion...
French played two years for Worcester and was captain of the track team there. He is a capable sprinter and broadjumper. He is 19 years old, 5 feet 11 inches in height, and weighs 170 pounds...
...Miller, 200-pound sprinter who hits the line and runs the ends equally well. He is an important cog in the Crimson offense...
...This Chevrolet had already demonstrated its superiority as a sprinter in eight heats against some half-dozen higher priced 4-cylinder cars...