The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-27
WON BY CORNELL'S RUNNERS.
INTERCOLLEGIATE CROSS-(OtN-
TRY CONTEST 4 FINE RACE.
Yale. Penns! lvania. Harvard. Princeton
and Columbia Order Of Finish Of Other
Teams Quaker Captures individual
HOnOrs by Only Nine Feet Margin.

The annual championship intercollegiate
cross country run was held yesterday AZ the
Morri. Park race course with Harvard, Yale.
Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia and
Cornell "a competitors. The race was over
a roughly calculated course of seven miles.
that l., five laps around the stecplechase
course and with an elbow thrown In which
caused the extra distance. In this entire
journey there were forty-four jumps Of
varied character. mostly from bush stride
breaker to "A double-decker. and the least
insignihcance was formidable enough to
make the athletes gather themselves for
considerable effort
Each team WAS to he composed OF seven
men. but only four OF these were allowed TO
count in the final tally. Out OF the half
dozen colleges entered only two-Yale and
Pennsylvania sent the full quota OF seven
men to the mark. Harvard, Columbia.
Princeton and Cornell having but six each.
Thus thirty-einht clean-limbed. muscular
college men lined up for the start.
The scoring was reckoned in the order
in which the men crossed the line the college
with the smallest figure being awarded the
team honors and on this method of figuring
Cornell landed the team honors with total
| of "a points. Yale. last years winner. was
| second with so points: Pennsylvania third
with SO points, Harvard fourth with 50. Prince
| ton nth with rs and Columbia brought up
| the rear with 10 points. Though the runners
from Ithaca went home with the team cham
| pionship. none OF their men could come home
one. two three. The winner OF the Individual
| laures was A. G. Bowen of Pennsylvania
| and his plucky tu-sle with Franchot OF Yale
I and X. A. Williams OF Princeton will long
| be remembered
| Altogether II was ons OF the best races OF
it, kind ever seen In this vicinity and to think
| that after travelling seven miles In dirt.
nine feet separated the three men placed
| time was NO, n roco-d for ,ha course hut
onn.,tsr;nn ,ho u.a,ha- oana;,ions ani ,ba
e e a"e weather Sonn', non, ana o,.e
by Cresan Of princeton a few years ago.
,oh9lie'aple mp was ADDED 10 the comes
this year by the entry of Harvard The
Crimson runners finished in fourth place.
49,. ~ va e.'ih. ''a. .hcn Fan taU,ic'
~ ' ne, eNp,Irnce Oh .me 9.rer GT,
runners out ther. was raw vino ana a
ns ha m1n out cro st b Sa ws aGs vra wh
their teeth cha,'ered A, the ,iash Of the gun
ana around the nag into the oackstretch
showed IN. way win III. college mate lcott I.
~ ci n at,ehnahhc" u llt,Ie iurther on was
hr ntst donple hurdle' considered SUM
how the Sfo eh wo @ha
| frdhchot TOOK u without putting q Toe on
| Duoh or run anu IN. otutr OF inc otheI ones
| Was hcot.' liie, koI"ei. hatNaiu very
narvaru JdcoDu-. rae Schut, tofncll u.
Wll,iami OF fIlnce,on was rather In the
tuch, nui ne nau hot warmed UP As YET
King Of Harvard came a cropper but he was
on hi> legs again ahd >et san Tor the Leaders.
me ias' ,hah o cross this renee was hutsch-
| man OF fehiNyiVatlh
| long along by w" Top bend, franchot
| SUI showed the PACK ms heels ana h. was
closely followed by ColweH OF Harvard and
"A Ii Al
| the Liverpool Jump which. by the way.
| was minus the water TINS time, X. T.. Williams
| scared 10 the iront dlNlslon. IL was surfing
| race over the Liverpool ana the first lap was
| completed in minutes III seconds. the order II