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...varsity came as close to winning a Big Three Cross Country Crown as it is possible to come and still lose, yesterday, in an Ivy League classic that ended with the Crimson in second place, just one point behind Princeton. The loss came in spite of Captain Ed Hamlin's amazing first place finish...
...Hamlin was an uncertain element right up until the starting gun, since he had been unable to practice all week because of a sore knee. But injury and all, the 6 ft., 2 in. senior ran the greatest race of his career and set a new course record with a blistering 24:17 time. The effort left Yale's favored Bobby Mack 11 seconds and 70 yards behind at the finish...
...Crimson didn't have the depth to go along with Hamlin's performance and it was the Tigers of Princeton who won the team title. Taking their second straight Big Three Championship. Princeton made the most of its abundance of runners...
...Somers was the first Tiger distance man to cross the line, in fourth place behind Hamlin, Mack and Crimson sophomore Bill Crain. But six more Princeton men finished before coach Bill McCurdy's fifth man could complete the course, and the varsity lost by the score...
...discarding Princeton, the varsity distance men must take second, third, and fourth with a strong complementing finish by a fourth runner. Hamlin, Meehan, and sophomore Bill Crain have to run higher than fifth, with fourth man Jack D'Arcy placing somewhere near them for a Crimson Big Three crown...