The Worcester spy., 1899-10-14
THE JUNIORS LEAD.
Second Cross Country
Run at Tech Puts
| Them Ahead.
ROGERS WINS HIS EIGHTH RACE.
The Contest For Medals is
Narrowed Down to Sec
ond and Third.
ROGERS WINS HIS EIGHTH RACE.

In the second OF the series of cross
country runs by Tech students yester-
day afternoon the junior class rubbed
il into the sophomores who had lead
from the first run and secured a good
claim on the banner which is offered to
the class whose runners score the most
points in three runs. In the two which
have been held the total points are now
1879 for the juniors and 176 for the sop
bomores The freshman class has but
Al and the seniors have not entered a
man.
j. M. Rogers the crack cross country
runner of the school, who is a post
graduate, ran for the juniors as the
rules allow choice between the senior
and junior classes. Rogers finished first
in the opening run and ne did the same
yesterday without any trouble He beat
out his nearest opponent by more than
400 yards.
Yesterdays run was from the corner
of West and Highland streets to Goes
square and return, the streets used
being Highland and Park avenue The
distance is At miles Rogers made the
distance in "A minutes, 2 seconds. The
ASOCiu Is 20 IllluulSS, "a SECONDS, ana
was made by Charles Baker in 1893 The
day was all that could be desired for a
run and had Rogers been pushed he
could have beaten the record.
There were cnly 20 starters in the race
which does not speak any too well for
the interest taken IN it by Tech stu
dents, as 20 men can score. The system
OF scoring is 20 points to first man in
and one point less to each subsequent
runner so thar the 20th man scores a.
single point. When the race started the
scrhies had a LEAD of nine points over
the juniors, the score cetng 95 to &c.
The freshmen had 80 roints made ir
the first run. The juniors had designs
on the banner. for they entered 10 men,
The sophomores entered nine and the
freshmen only one. Eight of the juniors
scored. The entire entry list from the
sophomore class scored and the fresh
man finished also. Two of the juniors
fell by the wayside. The juniors got the
first four men across, which materially
assisted them in piling up the score.
They made 11S points in. yesterdays run.
The sophomores made bat So while the
single freshman scored II points for his
class.
Prof H. w. Coombs was starter and
judge of finish. The timers were DR. F.
L. Dunlap and c.. a. Holden. The judges
at the turn were F.. G. Loomis, G. r.
Macnamara and L. e. Holmes.
1t was sos o'clock when the men were
sent away. Rogers at once went into the
lead and stayed there. He raced ahead
of the men and when he reached the
turning point at Goes square he was
nearly 200 yards ahead of Hatch. The
latter had a comfortable lead over the
next man. Fhere were several punches
on the way out, but when the home
path was struck the men began to
string out, the strain telling on many
of them. Baker was the first to feel the
effects of the hard run and dropped out
early in the race. Hosmer didn't reach
the turn. All the others went around,
there being more than half-mile be-
tween Rogers and the last man to turn.
Rogers finished alone, and no other
runner could be distinguished in the
gathering dusk Hatch was second, q
good 100 yards ahead of Bowker and
Maynard, who came in together. Bow
ker hadn't more than two yards advan-
tage on Maynard at the finish line.
Chaffin was we'll up, being about &c
yards behind Maynard. Spencer came
in a good bit behind Chaffin, ard fin
ished at a 100 yards gait. Dillingham;
was 10 yards behind him. Clark, the
next man to loom up, was about 1OC
| yards back and 20 yards ahead Of
| Truesdell, who led Gilbert by the same
| distance. Another break came, and tner
| Hutchlns finished with Grady close
| on his heels Grady sprinted as n,
| drew near the tape, and it seemed as
| if he could have beaten out Hutchin;
| had he started his sprint sooner. Moore
| the next man to cross, was long dis
i tance back, and A. P. Davis followed
| him, 100 yards behind, There wos an
| other long wait, and then Hall finished
100 yards ahead of Dexter. Knowles
came in after a long wait, and the only
| man out was w. H. Davis. He dldn'1
show up for 15 minutes But he scored
three points for his class
There were no surprises in the run
First place was conceded to Rogers
Holmes of the sophomores, who wor
| second place in the first run, didn'
| compete yesterday. and Hatch ant
| Bowker finished as they did in the frs
race Maynard, the fourth man in
didn't start in the first race. Chaf1iI
beat out Truesdell, Dillingham; and Gil
bert, who led him in the first race
| Several others got in ahead of Trues
dell, who finished fifth in the first race
but did no better than ninth yrster
day.
banner will be given the clas,
| whose athletes score the most points il
| the three runs. The next course hal
| not been selected An effort will b,
made to have it over fields, making {
| real cross country. The score of tn,
classes after yesterdays run is as fol
lows;--