Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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rsrsr s s A I ra.: 1 9 5, X X. 1 8 The Hudson Relay Way back in 1911-that was six years ago-the Hrst Hudson Relay race was run on Undergraduate Day. This event which is strictly characteristic of Reserve was originated by Monroe Curtis in that ancient year of 1911. Since that time it has been an annual event with the result that in the early afternoon of Undergraduate Day the inhabitants of old Hudson are startled by the crack of a gun which starts the four runners speeding on the first mile of the delay race to the Home of our college days. Mayor Sullivan gave Captain Clark '16 l a message of greetings to be delivered to l President Thwing via the senior runners and President Sawyer. The captains of the llII1lIlllllllllIIllIllllillllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIlllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllIII. foul. Class teams' Clark 7163 M312 7173 Smith '18 and Kimball '19 lined up in the shadow of the old college buildings and at exactly 3 o'elock Doc let go with his trusty gun. In less than a minute the boys had made a clean getaway, followed by a long line of machines loaded with spectators. For the first few miles the runners were bunched, but '18 and '19 soon showed that the real race was going to be run and fought out be- tween them. The seniors withstood the temptation to board the nearby machines for some time, a fact which is indeed in their favor, but at last they succumbed, sacrificing eternal glory for temporary bodily ease. The class of '17 quickly followed their lead, leaving the race to be fought out between the sophomores and freshmen. And what a race it was, nip and tuck from the twelfth to the twenty- second mile. At this point, fate intervened in the form of a missing sophomore runner, with the result that the freshmen gained a big lead which they kept until the finish. lllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIII!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 29

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