The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
conyx.I WIN, ACROSS COUNTRY.
Cresnn OF Princeton Takes the Individual
Honors Mt Morris Park.

Cornell added another victory to her long list
OF team successes by taking premier honors In
the first championship Of the intercollegiate
Cross Country Association held at Morris Park
Yesterday afternoon Yale was fayorite
before the start. Princeton and the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania ran teams with tho
idea OF winning individual glory. while Column
bia was declared to be outclassed by tho ex-
pcrts Under the guidance OF Trainer J. II.
Moakley. who wos good performer In MS
day across country. the leading quartet OF
the I,hacan contingent displayed excellent
judgment. and from the drop OF the starters
flag until the finish they were In the van. II
was grind all the way for them after the first
lap. but they held pluckily to their work and
disputed every inch OF ground with the wear
crs OF the blue Y. who scarcely displayed the
determination exhibited In the A. A. U. cham
pionshIp last Than L SO Twins Day. Then. with i've
men to count for honors. Yale beat Cornell By
three points for second place. Only the points
OF the first four men on each team were reck-
oned yesterday. Cornell turned the tables on
SCORES YSS e xc isG sS opa. %n a } 'Tln s
of Pennsylyanin. 80; Columbia. ~ oPTlncsion
only had three men to cross the nnish Inc.
Tn. regular steeplechase course. Including
the stifr Liverpool and other jumps that are
formidable enough to puzzle tho best timber
toppers. was laid out for the ambitious collie
CLANS: five circuits were necessary 10 complete
the distance OF ak and onp-third miles. The
w action 81 G
water Jump Without, this The water wa;
involuntary baths was missing from yester-
days contest. 81.
struggle for the individual championship a.:
in the team competition, John /. Crexan and
de S G ne Sss d tSs bot You'd
give the two cracks u hard race.
Thirty men aced the starter at four o'clock.
sTort. rain began to fall. Cornell drew the In
eide position and Berry, who was next to the
T hume snS IN 10 The S lead and The
L,yerpool CHECKED theIr speSe,l nothing but he
f rsn and cTssan WaTEs1 sasy ali f,h
Cornell team except Berry AMI Sweet az the
cleared the " alter Jump W III lead OF Ave yards
on Cregan, who lus, got through me gap W the
hn 1 y, em IN the ist and nc he YSs
rooters looked as blue as their, coior.
Bcrry's rncemaHing Efforts began TO tell In
jump. sweet assumed the lead. Grant and
uregan. running aide by side. saIso gave Berry
The course. Sweet negotiated the water jump
for the second time twenty yards In the lead OF
tho Princeton and Iennsyl'ania rnir IL the
Cregan. AMI was twenty yards behind when the
water Jump was taken for the third timc. The
time. aud had almost overlapped Turnbull Of
Princeton. who was toilng along In last posi-
ton.
Grant made n bad mistake IN jumping the
Liverpool for the fourth time and Cregan
opened up "A gap OF ten yards. which the
rrnnsylvanian cut down to hal: that distance
ut the water jump. Sweet had fallen eighty
/ yards behind and was evidently out Of the race
! for first place. Showing scarcely any effects
! from his long journey. Cregan cleared the water
beautifully and set himself going III earnest
for the last lap. Gradually he drew ahead
| OF Grant and half way around held a
| lead OF fifty yards. which he Increased
ut every stride. until he entered the
stretch for the finish with a clear lead Of $50
yards. CrcgHn ran through the ape as fresh
"a paint. but Grant. who finished next. was
badly used up. The Cornell yell broke out
vigorously rs Sweet. in third place, led his
team at the finish. eighty yards behind Grant.
, The piucky Corr N lnd was all out, but Smith
| OF Yale. who finished fourth n hundred yards
! behind. came in with a gallery sprint. Berry
! aud Torrance OF Cornell finished next. almost
! together. and the l'hacans cinched the team
| prizes when Stronger came over the limo In
. tenth place.
| j. {. Caldwell, who finished seventeenth. was
white division were running together. and all
four came in within a minute OF their leader.
MOscnthnl. Colum bia 4 best man. lost a shoe
on he journey and finished the distance with
! out II.
! Cregan's time NJ "a minutes 2-5 seconds Is
| the fastest ever made over tho course. but the
| going was Eooi in comparison with that when
1 orion AMI Wright won the national cham pion-
| ships. The order OF finish: