New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22
CORNELL RUNNERS WIN
rTHACANS' LEADER FIRST.
c...,c,,se Finishes Second IN IntercOl-
legidte Cross Country.

rer Telegraph The Tribune
.o, Y J.. Nov. u--Once again Jack
,,-ss sterling hill-and-daie chasers from Cor
soAA,s- res away with the intercollegiate cross
teH Championship the Ithacans defeating the
,Aa college men here to-day a course
i.s,-iur six miles and three hundred yards.
W .f,er year the Tthacans have shown their SUI
<.-,scy IL this branch Of sport. and this after
- +Aeir victory was sI the creditahle. as
net a field in which nine colleges were rep
-,ed including that of Michigan, which made
- ionr tourney East with the hope Of showing
=. the West is not unknown in long distance
pugging
psesses winning the team championship the
,.racans gallcpea away with the individual hon
:. CAPTAIN H O Young Of the Big Red" team
-5,n,ng the race in the fine time OF 81 minutes IA
..o,ds Cornell scored % points. Captain Young's
.,-,. compares favorably with that Of Fred Bel
,.-s o. she New York Athletic Club. which won
the national senior championship at Celtic Park
Long Island. & week ago to-day
TIE surprise OF the DAY the great showing
-,sse BY the Syracuse team, which second to
Cornell having scored s. points. The Salt City
-,nne-s were an unknown quantity and little
1as expected Of them. but they made up well
balanced team. Harvard's representatives capt
,r-e1 third hCnors with So points. while the other
tearns finished as follows: Yale 20 points Michi-
ran. 10 points; Pennsylvania 1a points. and Co.
unhia- 1SS points.
Though the Tigers had been coached by Alfred
schr1sbb the English long distance profeSsioiai
champion. they proved a disappointment ana
frafed in last. the first man finishing in tWehIe'h
place. Only four Tigers ran
Though Michigan as a team had TO be sausNeu
With frrh place. il had one beautiful runner ia
Captain J. A Dull. the old distance runner "No
tas been several times in the East He ran a si0lu
race and was second 70 Captain Young. OF CoINeii
Following him came Harvard's star. Il jacques
who showed brilliant sprint in the last mile ana
made up much ground.
FIaverford though II had entered a team olo ho'
cornnete in the race As the Massachusetts Insu-
80, % -o-c1os,- l,sd not fulfilled the membership
requirements the teams points did not count IN
te scoring and Il virtually ran an eAhlolIoh Idee
Sixtv-three Of the greatest Of the college cross
c,,7rrv runners lined up for a thrilling battle over
g course which tried out the contestants TO the
limit Ihey sprinted over long level stretches
-1-rred I'D hill. let the brakes down dale. and
struggled through ploughed field There was no
Mace but for those Of the stoutest hearts, the
strongest OF muscles and unlimited endurance. The
pace was fast and furious, with no quarter asked
and no quarter given
For the first time in the history Of the sport the
rl1l was conducted by the Intercollegiate Associa-
zion Of Amateur Athletes Of America, which holds
the ric spring track meet in which all the college
stars compete The change has worked for good.
for the race to-day was run off promptly, and the
checking system worked admirably.
Each team had the privilege OF entering seven
men but only the first five counted in the scoring
finish tie first man getting point. the second
getting -vo. and on. the team scoring the small
es-. number q points being the winner.
Z was just o'clock when the starters pistol
The men q on their long lorrney- The various
colors n the runners made II beautiful sight
Pafo-e -hsv had gone half mile the pace began 70
fef those who were not keyed ID 10 such a /
grueIi-E struggle and soon the field heightened out
20 many Yards. The Cornell representatives ran /
punched together. with Captain Young setting the /
PACE These who were wise kept their eyes on |
he Ithacans and Rugged the pace as closely as |
possible Duh was one Of these and IT soon be
came apparent that he and Young would have
desperate fight Tor first honoTs- Both these tall.
deep chested runners covered the ground in beauti
I'll STYLE their machine ike lope apparently being
without effort.
Another q The runners 10 forge TO the front
early IN the race H H Rowland. of Boston
Tech Before the first mile had been completed he
WIS leading the way and running smoothly. Round !
TIE course they raced, with Rowland still setting
the pace and Young and Dull close up. The Bos-
iouian never relnQuished his lead until the last
half nile when his own pace began to tell on
hin and ne dropped back beaten Then Captain
Young came on 10 win II desperate sprint through
the last quarter with Captain Dull. less than ten
yards separating them at the finish.
Interest ran high from then on. for the runners
Struggled II IN rapid succession and the scorers
were kept busy AL Of CorneI's men finished in
1ne condition. and Il was soon evident that Moak-
leys team had again the intercollegiate title
Though Cornell far outclassed its competitors, the
result among thu other colleges was exceedingly
dose Just I've points gave Syracuse second place
pver Harvard, while Yale beaten for third
h01o-s by ,Ist one tally.
IDEAL weather conditions prevailed, and OF the
xythree starters sixty Of them crossed the finish
Inc. James Z. Sullivan. who acted as referee, |
was especially pleased with the great showing
made b ne college men n this most trying Of
e. ling distance running contests.
The o-Se- If finish follows.