New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-24
CORNELL WINS AGAIN.
T.. 4. NEWMAN VICTOR.
Ithacans Haze -Four of First Fire
at T'raUers Island.

Although Cornell had not schutt. the winner OF
last years intercollegiate cross country champion
snip on her team in the annual race at Travers
Island yesterday. E r. Newman. wearing the Itha-
can coiors. won first place in manner that called
forth hearty enthusiasm among those who saw the
Ilhlsh. Schutt is in England winning races
at oxford. The representatives of the upstate
college also won the honor of having four of her
team Of seven men among the first five to finish.
me race was started little after o'clock and
the weather conditions could not be more favor
able. Princeton the only college which failed
TO appear. The five universities that took part in
the contest-the lowest number OF points going to
the winning team-fnshed in tho following order
cornell, first with Il: PENNSYLVANIA. second, with
Il; Yale. third. with 81: harvard fourth. with So
and Columbia last, with %.
The course is a little more than six miles. the
greater part through woods, between Pelham Man
or and Long Island Sound Starting from the far
end OF the athletic field OF the New-York Athletic
club the runners went thrice over the course and
back TO the Mercury grounds. making the final
dash on the quarter-mile track. Newmans time
was 20, which is twonty-three seconds faster
than the time Schutt made last year.
Newman led The big field in the greater part of
the journey ana finished fully fifty yards in front
of his team mate. c. F. Magofin. who. in turn.
a like distance ahead Of w. J. Hail. of Yale
Nearly hundred yards back of these three lead
ers d. t. Munson and A. Starr both of
Cornell The sixth place won by c. D. Nc
DonaId OF Columbia. while W G. Howard. OF
Harvard. was seventh and {. r. Major, of Penn
F. ioSkins was in the lead as the runners passed
out Of the entrance of the grounds closely followed
by the bunch on the main road R. De C. Green.
of Columbia. led with c. r. Major, of Pennsy-
vania. second. and Hoskins, third Mcdonald Of
Columbia, was fourth. When they emerged from
the woods the first time around Newman, Munson
and Magofin of Cornell, were in the lead and
scarcely foot apart Munson's face was covered
with mud from the effects of fall. When the
runners came out of the woods the second time
around. Newman still led the field which by this
Owed y Magon and w J. IL Hall Of ' Taie With 18th
Munson about ten yards behind Mcdonald of
n let
next Newman maintained a lead of fifty yards
when he entered the Travers Island grounds to
the finishing line
1t the sixth annual cross country run. Four
of the five previous by Cornell.
The makeup of the teams in yesterdays was
follows:
YaIe-W. j Hall. B H Woodward C r Beardsley.
" p Armstrong. f. @. Parkhurst. G. h. Alcott Z. D.
Hill.
Iiarvard-H. II. Rowland. NJ. Crosby. W. G. How
ard, 5. A. Whitaker. l.. T. Whitman, o. J. Jackman.
X W. Lamson.
CorneIl-E. r Newman, H. D, Trube NJ. seeth. A.
starr, G r Magof1n. D. e Munson, D. Stewart.
Columbia-C. d. Mcdonald, L. NJ. Knfen. f. l. Rupp.
l. = Ho;S1oTd "; j. Russell G F. Fulton, r D. Green
l. G. Leary, :. NJ. F. Peters. J. R. McCurdy.