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NEW YORK. Dee i5.--Thc first For
elen lnvaflon q an American collegc
cross country team started here today
with the saillng ~ the Cornell TINT
vcfrlty runners Tor Hnginnd. where
they will meet combined team rep
nesentlnR cxfufd and Cambridge uni.
vefsities on Dcccmier g IN the firs,
international iniorcollogiate contest q
this iyfe ever staged.
Tho run will be- held over the seven
and \ half course u the Thames Hare
ana Hounds club az Redemption. ana
bath Cornell and OxfordCambridgv
viii rtart teams 81 seven rnncrs. 81
the IA long DISTANCE hiilanddalers the
first five @: each team o. finish vii
score and the team having tho lower
total after ten runners rruss tn line
viii b. declared the winner - the facr.
Thus n five Cornell entrants were 90
fl-ish In the lead Of ne pack. a most
Unavoidable occurrvnce. the total team
sccrV Of the American university would
D., the minimum % 10 points.
The Rcehamptcn course. which Il ~.
ways used for the oxford Cambridge
dual cross-c0untry run. II considar red
ont " the hes, IN England. where this
particular branch " sport u popular
especially during the open winter
months when any other form o. run.
ming Is out OF the question on account
OF soft tracks The seven and a half.
mile course IA roughly divided irtween
two miles q road. enc mile ~ plowed
land and the remainder Of rough grass
land. II includes 20 small hills and
two water jumps. neither u which can
b. cleared without a wetting The
record for the course Is Al minutes and
IS seconds.
While Cornell IL the champion cross.
country college u f.ie country no fore.
cast NJ 90 the o..tcomc II the race can
~ mad for the personnel q the Eng
llsh universities combined team l. un.
knnsi here. England has been noted
Ter yssrs for the ability a. hcr dis
tansR runners and hundreds az cruss-
country runs are held there during the
winter seasOn. In selecting Cornell as
the infiituiion e. D. invited 60 compete
In this event the English collegians
recognized ire premier standing 81 the
1fhica university IN this branch os
sport. Cornell has won rs out o. the
81 intercollegiate crosscountry races
held annually In the East. whereas no
other college bar won more than one
tith IN the five contests not captured
ny the Red and White runners.
The team which sailed today on the
Adui.ania = due % arrive AZ South.
Hnpton on Decemhcr q and viii pro.
iced direct 20 oxford where Il VIII
be the guest n the English university
and finish lis irainlag over the OK.
ford course. IN addition 20 the seven
CornelIians composing the team the
party inciudsd Coach Jack Meakley:
Team Managcr &. e. Bailey and John
T. Mctiosern. q former Cornell runner
CT note who accompanied 'he team In 6
aefni-officiai capacity. The entire party
VIII sail from Livsrfsoo on the return
trip On January I. The squ-d from
which tho team was selected follow
Captain JChn L. Dickinson. 81 Hud
SIN Ais. y. T. ~ ran Tor the frs,
time a year agL. finishing seventh "
the intercollegiate race az Van C0ri
landi Park. This year IN IN. inierr0i
lEia,e rare h. finished 2isi. but Nj,
PERFORMING thu year was mAitafet
againri by the fact that b. LOST a shoe
Thomas e. MoDcrmoti " Sioneham
Mass. ia captain - the track team
McDcrnol, entered Cornell from Exc
ter Academy. where h. did . rrea'
deal Of running. Ie is the veteran q
tho team. he finished fourth in IN,
interccllcgiates In 1919 and IN tho san.
Position In 1899. he finished third IL
the mile IN the intercollegiate tract
meet IN 1919 Ne also I'D \ great de-
81 running IN France. where h. W.
tho championship ~ the 18TH divisof
IN the siN-fniie crosu-country run. and
he was third IN the crois-country rae,
held b. the Artillery School "a Samur
Norman y. Brown. - Bernarisyill-
y. J. This IL his first year al cross
country running Hc finished third n
the invitation run az Syracuae. and N,
third in the dual run with Harvard
and eighth IN the inicrcoiicgiat. al Sou
Haven.
Howard Y. Bonsal. a. I.andrlowne
Pa. This T. lis fir, yoar ~ csuss
socntiy running In tn lniervollc
giatcs he finished 18th.
Charles q. Irirh. Il Auburn. y. Y
In the me-; with thu Pennsylvania
freshmen In 1899 ~ was firrt In IN,
mile and third In ihe half mile. Til.
IL his first year AZ varsity cross coun