New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-22
CORNELL CHOICE in
BIG COLLEGE RUN
Fourteen Teams to Strive
for 'Cross-Country Hon.
ors in Annual Fixture.
OIJAKERS LOOM UP
STRONG CONTENDERS
Harvard Not Up to Form of Last
Year, but May Surprise at
Van Cortlandt Park.

cornell is the favorite for the intercol-
l.,a 'cross-country championship run
s.r the national course at Van Cortlandt
park this afternoon.
rourteen teams, representing Brown,
Columbia. College OF the City of New
~ Colgate. Cornell, Dartmouth, Har-
"a Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
lay Pennsylvania State College, Uni
-.,s,tv OF Michigan, Princeton, University
:, pennsylvania and Yale, will toe the
-.rk at the start. which is TO be at
...,ock on the parade grounds in front
:, the old Van Cortlandt manor house.
An the teams arrived in New York yes
..,asv and spent their time going over
-. course in company with members OF
,,s Columbia squad who have used 1t as
,ractice ground since the beginning of
heir training
:, will he the fifth run held under the
s,sc,ion of the intercollegiate Associ-
tim of Amateur Athletes of America, and
gill be the fifteenth in the annual series
rbieh was begun by the old intercollegiate
,.ross.country association in 1899. OF the
stesn races that have been held Cornell
has won thirteen, Yale one and Harvard
o,s The Crimson triumphed year ago,
.,d under the coaching Of Alfred Shrubo,
,bs English distance champion, was con-
,sSsd victory in this years race before
,,s preliminary contests were held. The
results Of the early season races, however,
have proved that Harvard, although 1t
hasa strong team, is not as well balanced
as il was a year ago.
Dsspite the fact that the Crimson run
,s-s defeated Cornell in dual run By
margin Of two points they were later
defeated by Yale, and in the race two
weeks ago two of their best men, Captain
Royd and Mcclure, were taken sick, so
that they will not be at their best to-day.
Cornell. with Hofmeyer, a sophomore, and
one Of the best distance men that Jack
yoakley has ever uncovered. has come
hack strongly after the defeat by the
Crimson. and two weeks ago beat the
PENNSYLVANIA barriers in gruelling con-
isst at Ithaca. Hofmeyer has so far
shown himself superior, and should carry
on the individual runners championship
without much difficulty. He will be ably
backed by c. s. Sperden, a junior A. d.
Csdis. F. W. De Golyer and III. V. Taylor.
The Pennsylvania team, which defeated
the Carlisle Indians and Columbia rather
EASILY in a pair of dual meets, is bound TO
b a strong contender with such men as
WI McCurdy, l.. c. Madeira. X. d. Nc
Donald. E Hymphries and w. ID. stroud
IN the running.
Yale and Princeton may spring sur
Prise. for each is unusually strong this
year. The Tigers showed their worth
when they defeated the Blue In six
nile run at Princeton, and later when
they fairly walked away from Columbia
IN run over the Van Cortlandt Park
course Yale sprang its first surprise
when il defeated Harvard two weeks ago.
Dartmouth is not expected 10 do as well
as il did a year ago, and the only man
that Harry Hillman reckons as victor
is Franz Marceau. Massachusetts, lnsu-
tlte OF Technology was close behind the
Green in the New England championship
run week ago arh is relatively stronger
than Brown. Nothing is known of Penn
sylvania State. Syracuse. Michigan or
Colgate. Columbia has been trounced 10y
Pennsylvania and Princeton, and in turn
defeated the College of the City of New
York so that both Of the local institu-
tons are practically out Of 1t.
Police Commissioner Waldo has assured
Harry A. Fisher. graduate manager OF
athletics al Columbia and manager or the
run. that the course will be properly safe
guarded from encrOachment by spectators
and that everything will be done 10 AVOID
fasco such as marked the senior met
ropoliian championship run over the same
course a week ago. when Hannes koleh-
mainen was forced 10 fight his way
through a mob in order to reach the nm
lsh line
The trail over which the runners Will
compete is the national course at Van
Cortlandt Park. and is twice around
three-mile trail. The start is on the pa
Tade grounds, and the men make theH
first run in a southerly direction over 100
yards or more, turning past the old van
cortlandt manor house. and then going
under the Putnam Railroad tracks. turn
ing southerly to the right and running
directly up the hill which all golfers know
as the steepest in the whole park.
Across hill and dale the course leads
directly TO the old aqueduct at Mosnoiu
Parkway; then il follows the aqueduct
for distance of mile and three-quar-
ters. almost TO the northerly end OF the
golf links then il cuts down to the lever
Of the lake and runs along the east side
Of the lake. through the golf links ana
back to the railroad bridge. II then iol-
lows the west side of the Jake for 5U
Yards TO a point directly opposite the nm
ishing mark, the last stretch being
straight run Of a quarter of mile over
good turf
The course as it is laid out is three
miles on grass. one and four-tenths miles
On the aqueduct road one mile on SOFT
macadamized road, four-tenths Of mile
on hard macadamized road and two
tenfhs Of q mia On a rnnRh road