Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-16
RUNNERS FROM
CORNELL OFF
E0RENGLAND
FIRST Time American Stu
dents Have Invaded For,
eign Fields.

/ New York, Dec. 15.-The first for
Ign invasion OF an American college
R'oss-country team started here today
it'll the sailing OF the Cornell uni
ersity runners for England, where
sley Will meet d combined rep
.senting Oxford and Cambridge uni
sersitios on December 81 in the first
International intercollegiate contest Of
mis- type ever staged. d
5 The run will be held owe the seven
nd a half mile course of the Thames
are and Hounds, club at Roehampton
nd both Cornell and OXfOrd-Cam-
ridge will start teams Of seven run
Bers. OF the IA long distance hill
md dalers the first five of each team
D finish will score and the team hav-
ng the lower total after ten runners
ross the line will be declared the
inner of the Thus If five Cor
ell entrants were to finish in he lead
Z the pack, a most improbable oc-
smerican university would be the
4inimum' OF Is points.
The Roehampton course, which is
ways used for tho Oxford-Cambridge
ual ~cross-country run, is considered
ne of the best in England, where this
ilrticular branch of sport is popular,
specially during the open winter
bonths when any other form of run
ing is out of the question on account
/ soft tracks. The seven and Il half
lille course is roughly divided be-
Eeen two miles of road, one mile Of
TOUCHED land and the remainder of
sugh grass land. 1t includes two
nall hills and two water jumps,
Either of which can be cleared with
ut a wetting. The record for the
hurse is Al m. SIS S.
g While Cornell is the champion
fo%ss-country college of the country,
y forecast as to the outcome of the
Ice can be made for the personnel of
he English universities combined
Cam is unknown here. England has
Gen noted for years for the ability of
rr distance nne and hundreds of
poss-country runs are held there
wiring the winter season. In >select-
Sc, Cornell as the institution to be
svited to compete in this event the
english collcgians recognized the pre-
nier standing of the Ithaca univer5
Wy in this branch of sport. Cornell
Ms won Is of the FL intercollegiate
~poss-country races held annually in
.on more than, one title in the five
1ntests not captured by the Red and
Ihite
To Arrive December Fl.
The team which sailed today on
e Aquitania is due to arrive at
Puthanpton on December 81 and
II proceed direct to Oxford, where
will be the guest of the English uni
rsfty and finish its training over the
xford course. In addition to the
ven Comedians composing the team,
e party included Coach Jack Moak-
y. Team Manager c. c. Bailey and
phn T. McGovern. a former Cornell
inner of note. IN accompanied the
am in a semi-official capacity. The
tire party will sail from Liverpool
i the return trip on January /. The
uad from which the team was Sc
cted follows:
Captain John l.. Dickinson of Hud-
n Falls. n. Y. He ran for the first
ne a year ago finishing seventh in
e intercollegiate ace at Van Cort-
ndt park. This year in the inter-
Sllegiate race he finished 21st but
ted against by the fact that he lost
[Sshoc.
iThomas G. McDermott of Stone
I'm. Mass, who is captain of the
hck team. McEermott entered Cor
l from Exeter academy, where he
a great deal of running. He is the
\ Iteran Of the team. He finished
Arth in n lnte~rcOiiegiates in 1913
ia in the same position in 1920. He
sished third in the mile in the inter-
llegiate track meet in 1919. He also
d a great deal of running in France,
1ere he won the championship Of
e 10th division in the six mile
~oss-country run and he was third
the cross-country race held by the
! Etillery school at Samur.
= Norman p. Brown of Bernardsville,
j.. This is his first year at cross
untry running. He finished third in
e invitation run at Syracuse, and
ird in the. dual run with Harvard,
d eighth in the intercollegiate at
Nv. Haven.
His First Year.
Harvard V. Bonsal of Lansdowne,
l.. This is his first year at cross
untry running. In the i~ntercollegi-
IS he finished 18th.
j Charles G. Irish Of Auburn, N. Y.
the meet with the P~ennsylvania
,shmen in 1920 he was first in the
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