The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
CHANCES ARE GOOD.
High School Boy to
Compete at Boston
Today.
FIVE-MILE CROSS COUNTRY.
Many Cracks Are Entered,
Including Grant
and Hall.
FIVE-MILE CROSS COUNTRY.

R. w. Dixon of the high school is
entered in the five-mile cross country
run which takes place in Boston this
! afternoon under the management of
the Boston Athletic association. He is
the only Worcester entry, as was
stated in The Spy few days ago. w.
K. Clifford of last years high school
team, who won third place in the 10
mile cross country championship at
Boston Thanksgiving day, concluded
not to enter today's event.
The run today is handicap event
There are Is entries, the limit being
three minutes. D. C. Hall of Brown
university and Dick Grant of Cam
bridgeport gymnasium, formerly of
Harvard, are scratch men. Dixon has
mark of minutes and 80 seconds.
The starters will be D. c. Hall of
Brown university, scratch; Dick Grant
of Cambridgeport gymnasium, scratch;
o. w. Richardson and c. ]. Swan of
Harvard Athletic association, I'm. ass. !;
j. ]. Hallahan, Boston, I'm; B. F. Sui
Ivan, Highland Athletic club, 2m; F.
B. Taylor Harvard Athletic associa-
ton, I'm. 15s,; E. M. Adye, Brown uni
y,
school, A. w. Blakemore of Harvard
Athletic association, c. Hutchins of
Cambridgeport Gym, G. Ireland of
Harvard Athletic association. I'm. 30s. !;
j. L. Flynn, Cathedral Y. M. c. A., 3m.
The first four men in will receive
prizes and an additional prize is Of
fered to the man making the best time
for the course. The start will be in
front of the clubhouse of the Boston
Athletic association on Exeter street.
Dixon ought to bring back a prize,
and his handicap of two and a half
minutes is a good one, even with such
men as Hall and Grant on scratch.
Dixon showed excellent traits for dis
lance running in the series of three
runs recently held by high school
students He won individual honors in
the series, taking second place in the
first run and first place in the other
two. Had he known his powers he
could have won the first run as easily
as he did the others
He had no previous experience in
| cross country work, and in the first of
the series held his strength in reserve,
fearing to expend it, lest he be unable
to finish. Toward the finish he real
lied that he had considerable running
left, and made a hard finish, in which
he passed all competitors except the
| leader. He had allowed the latter to
get too big a lead Dixon drew up on
the leader, and would have beaten
him out # they had had much farther
to go. He realized his mistake after the
first run, and atoned for it in the Sec
ond and third by beating the entire
field In the last run, which was over
four and half miles, he was in bad
shape toward the finish, his stomach
going back on him. He kept bravely
at his task, however, and challenged
the leader about 200 yards from the
finish. The gameness he showed stayed
with him, and he finished ahead easily.
Hall is unquestionably one of the
best cross country runners in the coun-
try today. His time for the 10-mile
run in Boston, Thanksgiving day, was
faster than was made at the national
championships at New York on the
same day. Grant is another tough
proposition in long distance running.
He has competed in the celebrated
Marathon run of rs miles of the Bos-
ton Athletic association.