The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-14
CORNELL SENDS TRACK
TEAM TO EN- GLAND FOR
FIRST INV ASTON BY
AN AMERICAN COLLEGE

New York, Dec. 14.--The first for
eign invasion of an American college
cross-country team started here to-
day with the sailing of the Cornell
University runners for England where
they will meet a combined team rep
resenting oxford and Cambridge uni
versities on December q in the first
international intercollegiate contest of
this type ever staged.
The run will be held over q seven
and half mile course OF the Thames
Hare and Hounds Club at Roehampton
near London and both Cornell and
| Oxford-Cambridge will start teams
of seven runners. OF the IA long dis
tance hill and dalers the first fivs
of each team to finish will score and
the team having the lower total al
ter ten runners cross the line will DO
declared the winner of the race. Thus
if five Cornell entrants were to finish
in the lead of the pack a most inn
probable occurrence, the total team
score Of the American university would
be the minimum Of is points.
The Roehampton course, which ia
always used for Oxford-Cambridge dual
cross country runs, is considered one
Of the best in England, where this
particular branch Of sport is popular
especially during the open winter
months VIXEN any other form Of run
ming is cut of the question on ac'
count of scft tracks. The seven ans
half mile course is roughly divided
between two miles of road, one mile
fploughed land and the remainder
of rough grass land. 1t includes tw'
small hills and two water jumps mel
ther Of which can be cleared withou
I Il Wetting. The record for the cours'
is 4lm.55s.
: While Cornell is the champion eros
country college of the country NJ
t forecast as to the outcome of IN
= race can be made for the personnel o
: the English universities combine
: team is unknown here. England ha
= been noted for years for the abillt
:. Of her distance runners and hundred
= of cross country runs ale held ther
f during the winter season. In select
G ing Cornel as the institution ~ b
5 invited TO compete in this event IN
English collegians recognized IN
q premier standing of the Ithaca un
e yersity in this branch of sport. Coz
a nell has won 16 OF the II intercollt
$ giate cross country races held annual
l., in the east, whereas no other colleg
c has won more than one title in IN
n five contests not captured by II
e Red and White runners.
r. The team which sailed today on II
n Auuitania is due to orrive in SouIl
e ampton on December 2l and will pr
IS ceed direct TO oxford where II Will
q the guests of the English universi'
h and finish its training over the o.
1t ford course. In addition 10 the sevt
II Comedians composing the team u
e. party included Coach Jack Moakle
m Team Manager c. G. Bailey and Jof
lie #. McGovern, a former Cornell ru
&c ner of note, who accompanied Il
es team in a semi-official capacity. IT
W entire party will sail from Liverpc
OF on the return trip on January
The squad from which the team W
ne selected follows:
lg Thomas c. McDermott OF Stoneha
or Mass, who is captain of the ira
'f- team. McDermott entered Cornell fro
ST. Exeter academy where he did gr,
deal of running. He is the veteran
es the team. He finished fourth in
nd intercolegiates in 1919 and in
as same position in 1920. lie finished tn
tit in the mile in the intercollegiate ira
AZ meet in 1919. II also did great d
'ea Of running in France where he "
ar- the championship of the 76th di
sis sion in the six mile cross country r,
lly and he was third in the cross col
ed try race held by the Artillery Sch
ne at Samur,
ma Norman T. Brown of Bernardsvi
les n. j. This is his first year at or
country running. He finished third