New-York tribune., 1922-11-28
lsracuse Team
Surprises With
Team Victory
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By Jack Masters

Il
81 Aayrisrs Walter Higgins, OF ca.
IA University. won the intercol-
ate cross-conHtry championship
as,Yday afternoon. Running fault.
Fl Higgins stepped the six-uiie
80 80 In the remarkable time of 80
sssses 81 g-Ia seconds, or within / 3~1g
k of the record established lass
Robert Rrown, Of Cornell.
sry;as ran one of the Most remark.
& races of his brilliant career. His
as1ens OF pace was perfect, and h
ssssed the test over fat and timbe
=! 81 sarty yards ahead of Rober
s..srts. Tie Massachusetts Instieut
1 Technology star, while Home
! s.ish. If Syracuse, an usfileralded ath
s fnished third, about fifty yard
.s5 Headrie. Hal Dykeman, Cal
- Tech. was fourth, and Elmer
sns, Of Pennsylvania, was fifth.
g9sns REs the popular favorite fc.
sgdpal henoYs, and the Columbia
= sac highly touted for the team
..-ly. Higgins did more than his
s.,e Of the work, but his support was
s,rsi and Gel mbia could tinish no
sstf than fourth place. The winning
4 "a came from Syracuse. and this was
/ big surprise of the annual strug-
S The upstate lads showed a COM
.stion that was wei balanced in
an department and returned low
a.s Of Is.
Columbia Finishes Fourth
Ysle, too, showed surprising strength
1; sn.shed second, with los points,
ssiis M. /. T., which it was believed
SID give Columbia close rub for
n honors, finished third. Cornell.
aeh in years gone by annexed the
gehy ten times in succe sion, barely
assgsd 90 finish in fifth place.
TsIIy s.000 gathered on the wind
sgpt spaces Of the Van Cortlandt Park
sT.Insss tne classic and the crowd at
q hnish line was SO great that q squad
acauted police was required to Keep
lac open for the weary runners. 1t
Eaa test for the highly trained and
9, the stoutest of hearts survived.
;s less than fifteen Of these game
ssgsteIs ran themselves into the
Tssad to fall exhausted as they
vssed the line. Two were uncon-
saas and had TO be revived in the
sbAouse.
4 the starters gun the pack broke
IN d formation Of five lines of fifty
81 with each sprinting to get clear
reference, an unusual picture was
saented. Horace Raymond, of Maine,
IS first TO show to the front, With
Il Moore, Of Columbia, at his heels.
tss the went up the slight incline
a5on to the nacadam road.
o. the swing back along ths bride
aa wnere the first hutdlo denotes
i one mile mark, McLane, was lead
with Hendrie five yards back.
snk Bemis jr., Of n. l. T., was thi L
AM Tredwel1, of Yale, was fourth.
gyms was in eighth place, MOVING
aas with machine-like precision.
At mile and half McLane eontin-
aM show the way, with Hendrie
sgg1ag his steps. Tredwell had moved
aisthTd place and Moore was fourth,
sIth Higgins fifth. The Blue anu
8aise star was gra dually cutting his
\ through the unweldy field and his
AHent of pace was all that could
y&sired.
den they disappeared around the
M Of the hill and over the golf
|asrse. Crossing the line for the first
sef three miles Hendrie led Higgins
b about forty yeards, with MeLane
ss CARDS back and only inches ahead
f Dykeman and Smith, who were run
slg neck ard neck. Over the mex
ale Il ggins moved up with each
side and was at Hendricks heels wher
Y fourth mile was completed.
hsndrie, slender little runner, was
gihg hard to maintain his advantage.
~ ne was not good enough to hold
i runner of Higgins's ability and
5n that last tive miles the M. /. T.
~ was compelled to bow to the su-
sefiof1ty of the local man. With q
ae and q quar-er TO go Higgins made
II bid He shot to the front. but not
sthopt opposition from Hendrie, who
same's as@mpted to follow the pace.
Wins BY Forty Yards
Higgins flashed into the worsted tape
s!he finish forty yards ahead of Hen
lle This pair were safely in, but the
sas Ter the other places was surpris-
NV close. Smith, the real dark horse
ms race, showed great speed in the
y lev miles and his final rush was
,-ss good enough to beat McLane and
siseman, who raced up to the line in
Muggle all of their own. Dykenian,
surrey runner, outgamed McLane for
'ssth place.
he supporting cast of the Columbia
u tailed miserabIy. Bob Moore,
as3'hent IN the early running, was
ss.psgsessly s.si cut Of ii at three mi es and
.lsled IN wretehed condition. lie was
ssn'y-third. Frank Bremen, a plug
F vas tie first White &C" man to
I've Higgins home. He finished
glteenth. Skeets and Theobold
essd IN fortieth and forty-first places
s'ggscslyely, and thus were of no hep
Nation E. ShipIey, of Penn State
ge. won the freshman champions
81 ~ which was decided over the three
Is! Is eo'irse Just previous TO the varsity
Shipley finished thirty-nve
- @ ahead Of Kenneth Barclay, his
- mate, who In turn was only
= strides ahead OF John Mooney, OF
s,.asyiVania. !. A. S. Hillman, of Maine,
=. - toafth and Albert Zeiger. Of SYRIA
i. ~ ges nth place. Shipley covered
curse IN t6:11 lilo.
x. san State won team honors here
asss ~ score of forty, with Princeton
sTSsS faie third ard Syracuse fourth.
.!sassatilngs from Yase showed mag
ssa. spirit. Little or nothing was
Zee Of them, but they gave their
sss. II million dollars had been
1. sIsea on their chances. Four Of the
\. siae-clad runners to finish fopped
IS asap and it required several min
20 Bring them around.
s. iss was leading at the comple-
ss;l u the arst mile, with Ernest
2s,ss.s, q Pennsylvania, second and
ssss , Gage, Of Cornell, third. The
,sns s etste youth soon shook his COM
s. 4ae appeared 30 be an easy win-
3, 1t u fnallenged by Barclay near
s.s,,; ae hntsh- Barclay in turn was
fshg fsssg right along TO keep ahead of
IL and fIillman, who moved into