Word: sprinting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rotch did good work in the high jump, considering that he had just recovered from illness. E. N. Mills has had to be careful of a strained tendon in his leg. He is able to jog at an easy pace but as soon as he begins to sprint his old injury troubles him. With the exception of these five, no promising Freshmen came out; however, several of the men on the football team have good records on the track...
...quarter mile proved to be the best contested event, the result of the race being in doubt until the finish, when Gould won by a good sprint...
...they will establish quite the record of last year's eight, which was phenomenal, beating the 'varsity quite handily several times, at two miles. They row nearly the same stroke as the 'varsity, altered a little to suit a two-mile course, which is more or less of a sprint at best. The stroke is shorter and there is not quite the body reach to it that the other crew has. However, it is a smooth stroke, and so far has not been carried up beyond thirty-five to the minute. After the fashion of all Yale crews, the blade...
...Crane of Yale. Lakin, Hollister and Vincent led in the first lap. In the second, Hollister forced the running, hotly chased by Vincent and Kilpatrick. Lakin was able to keep the crowd also up to the last turn, when the three leaders drew ahead as if on a sprint...
Rand kicks fairly quick, and moderately far, and catches well, but he missed three or four tackles, one of which cost a touchdown and another would have but for a clever sprint and tackle by Redpath. Unless he improves very much in his tackling he will never make the eleven...