New-York tribune., 1909-11-18
BIG RUN In BOSTON
NINE TEAMS ENTERED
Cornell FauOrite for Gross
Country Title.

Nine colleges will be represented in the
'cross-cOuntry championships Of the Inter-
collegiate Athletic Association at Brookline
on Saturday. the race serving as prelim-
mary 10 the YaIe-Harvard football game
and being expected TO attract more speeta-
tcrs than usual for that reason.
Princeton is out Of the meet this year.
but teams are expected from Michigan and
Dartmouth. newcomers In the quest for
this title. although formal announcement
OF their entries has not been made.
Cornell. which has something OF a monop-
oily IN winning 'crOss-cOuntry champion
ships. is expected 70 retain the title. but the
coaches at Ithaca have not been so CON
fdent as they usually are. Young. the
individual champion last year. is agata
on the Cornell team. and is likely. II IS
thought. TO repeat his victory. Pennsylva-
mia, Yale and Syracuse are sure 10 provide
dang erous competitors.
The run will b. held over the course Of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Il is described by Boston writer as fol-
lows
The start will be at Technology Field. I'm
Brookline. There is a dash of 100 yards 10
the road and after about a quarter OF
mile on the macadam the runners turn
into the estate OF Professor Sargent. OF
Harvard There are two small elevations
10 be cleared. The first loop is of one and
seven-eighths miles.
The runners cross the field and keep out
on the way they travelled before for aDouJ
seven-eishths OF mile through the sar,
gent estate. There they meet a road and
gradual incline. up which they con-
tinue for about three-qudrters of a mile.
AT the end OF this stretch they strike on
into a rough going for about three hundred
yards and over a small brook. The route
carries back to the road. which they
continue for about a quarter OF mile
more Al this point. the furthest In a
straight line from the field. the runners
have TO scale a rail fence into the Larz
Anderson estate. Here 1t is fine turf with
The turn is made and there is gradual
decline over the macadam road 20 Tech
nolosy Field. where a quarter mile around
the cinder path completes a journey of six
miles.
The race starts at n a m. and should
be over long before the Yale-Hsrvard foot
bail game. The following entries have
been announced
Yale-A NJ Haskell. captain: r. n.
Miles. w. M. Dunn W. F. RaynOr. q. A.
Mason. f. III. Gay. s l. Southgate. j. III.
Adams and A NJ. Bidwell
cornell-YOun. captain; TAYLOR, Hickok.
Tappan. Fleming BOgert Hinger. Nelson,
Patterson. Atwood and Mclaughlin.
Syracuse-NOrtOn, captain; Algire. F'laclS.
Ross. Cuttings, Van AUken. Layton and
Massachusetts Tech.-E. Jacobs. captain:
Ia %. Mills. p. ID. White. G. +. Eldred. r.
ID. Van Astine, ]. -. Mckenzie, h cart
right, FL G.. Watkins and r. NJ. Ferry.
Harvard-W. III. FernaId G. r. Harding.
H. Jacques, captain; +. G. Head. III. Y.
MSSten. W. =. Rogers. r III. ROwse, f..
Niets and p. r. Wilmington.
Columbid-W. DOrT, captain; 5 s. Mau-
rice, c. Gunther, n Lamb. 1T. Evans. A.
Flower. W. Eastman. r Stewart i. An
derSon- G. kearney and T. COunselman.
Pennsylvania-W. Paul. captain: Tyson.
kohn. Roberts, Hunter. Walle. Bachman.
Leverins, Griffith and Bazagri.