Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-15
WlTHTHE COLLEGE ATRLETES
Ooings in the Field Of Sport in East
and West.
COMING CRoss-COUETRY RACE
Corueu's Supremacy I'm the Game
s~uggestiOn for = Circuit of
Races-On Loyalty and
Athletics.


Tue cross-country race to ne held at
Princeton next saturday win be the tenth
Intercollegiate contest held. 1t will mark
the third occasion also that the race has
been held at Princeton. The starters in
the run this ysas win be Cornell. Columbia,
Michigan, Pennsylvania. Yale. Harvard.
syracuse, Princeton and possibly Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology. II is
not 90 sure that Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology will start, although the
privilege has been accorded to the Massa-
chusetts men OF running II they wish to.
They did not retain their membership In
the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic As
ISOLATION of America this season, which
ordinarily would prevent them taking part
in the cross-country run now that II is
under the control Of the Intercollegiate as
sociation. But by special provision they
may start in the race, as they are sup
posed to be going to apply for membership
in the intercollegiate Amateur Athletic As
ISOLATION Of America at the annual meet
ing.
Cornell. Judged from the victory over the
Yale runners at New Haven recently, is no
worse off than usual for runners, which
means that Cornell probably has a first
rate team. The record Of the Ithacans In
cross-country racing In the country has
been remarkable. Since 1899. when the in
tercoiIeEfate cros~s-country (so-called) run
was held first over the jumps at Morris
park. the Ithacans have been beaten only
once. That was in 1901, when Yale won at
Norris park and the Ithacans we're third.
That was the worst they ever did in the
race, and It is to be noted that since the
contest ceased to be a steeplechase affair
and came to be real cross-country running
the Comedians have won with consum-
mate ease on all save one occasion. That
was In 1906 at Princeton, when Pennsyl-
vania gave the Cornell men a scare.
Much 20 Raise Standard.
The Ithacans have done much to en-
courage a higher standard of cross-country
running In the other colleges by putting 1t
we'll up in their own. 1t means that the
others have to be first raters to stay any
where near the Cornell men in a race. and
that is a wholesome thing for the others.
Incidentally, although the intercollegiate
oross-country race was started in 1899 with
five colleges. Cornell, Yale, Pennsylvania,
Princeton and Columbia, It has grown now
TO the total OF nine. with the chances that
next year there will be almost a dozen in
the running.
Looking over the results Of cross-country
racing in tho colleges, II is odd to note
that Cornell men have been on two occa-
slons only the winners of the individual
championship. Although Cornell won In
1899 and 1900. the first men in those wears
were respectively John F. Cregan Of Prince
ton and Alexander Grant of Pennsylvania
In 1901, when Yale finished first, Douglas
w. Franchot of Yale was the individual
winner. In 1902 Arthur C. Bowen of Penn,
sylvania was the champion. In 1903 Cornell
won both honors. Warren f. schutt, after
ward the Rhodes scholar, won the race
The year following K. T. Newman, an
other Ithacan, finished first. In 1906 tn,
Rev. William j. Hail of Yale won the in
tercollegiate and incidentally the nationa
championship. The next year Lloyd p
Jones Of Pennsylvania was the first maj
to cross the line and in 1907 Guy Haskint
of Pennsylvania was the winner.
50; although Pennsylvania never ha
been better than second In the team race
the Quakers have had the individual cham
pionship four times out Of the nine. Cor
nell and Yale have had the honor twic,
each and Princeton once.
Cregan Won First Race.
In the race in 1899 over the hurdles an,
jumps at Morris park Cregan won, blu
the rest of his team was nowhere and db
not score In the points. Cornell's men fin
isAed 3, 5, 6 and 10, winning with a total o
q points. Yale, with 81 points, was second
Pennsylvania and Yale for secon,
with Il. fourth. In 1900, when Grant VOL
Cornell finished 2, 3. s, 10, for a total of 2
points. There was a tie between
Pennsylvania and Yale for secon,
place. Pennsylvania was a little tn
better, having two men in befor
the first Yale man to finish. These tw
colleges has Is points each. Columbia agai
was last, with n points. The rivalry be
tween Franchot OF Yale and Bowen O
pennsylvania was interesting to watch
In 1900 Bowen was fourth and Chicke
Franchot, as he was called, fifth. IN
year following Franchot was the ohampio
and Bowen second The year after this
Bowen was the champion. beating Francho
II was in 1901 that the Cornell string wa
broken for the moment. Yale had a bette
team than usual and Cornell q poorer on
than ordinarily. There was som oonflis
of authority at Ithaca, which Jack MoeI
ley determined to let run to its fate. IN
result was a much poorer team than q,
dfnArfiy and some contrite Comedians aft,
the race was over and their men beaten b
raie's- Indeed. Pennsylvania slipped
ahead OF the Ithacans. so they had n
pleasure merely of beating out Princeton
Columbia did not furnish a team that yea
Yale, with l. g. 7 and 8. scored % point
Pennsylvania, with 2 6. 10 and IL. had
points, four less than Cornell, with 4 s.
and L. Princeton had 81 points.
The following year, 1902. the last ra,
at Morris park was held. The Ithaca,
marked the getaway by retrieving the
old prestige Although Bowen OF Pei
carried of the first medal the Corn,
men came In fourth. fifth. sixth and min
and made - points. Yale, with 80 min,