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...cold, biting wind yesterday afternoon, Eugene H. Walker '37 covered the four mile cross country course along the Charles in 27 minutes, 43.4 seconds to win the annual University handicap cross country run. John P. Scheu '35, promising varsity harrier, without his handicap of fifteen seconds had the best actual time. Hampered by the weather conditions, Robert S. Playfair '36, the only man to start from scratch, failed to finish among the leaders. Yesterday's race was the last true competition the varsity runners will have before the I. C. 4A. meet which takes place in New York City...
...annual University Handicap Cross Country Run will take place this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock over the four and one-half mile course at Soldiers Field. Among those running will be Robert S. Playfair '36, stellar Crimson harrier, who recently won the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Cross Country Run and Charles F. Woodard '35, both of whom will start from scratch. Handicaps will be announced just before the start of the race. Last year's run was won by Frederick L. Steele, 3d '33, while Arthur Foote '33, starting from scratch, was setting a new course record of 22 minutes...
...took to the track for a short warm-up run. Intensive training in preparation for the triangular contest with Holy Cross and M. I. T. will start today. Although the latter college is not expected to offer any exceptionally stiff competition, the Crusaders are reported to have the strongest harrier outfit in years, and Coach Mikkola is expected to have a difficult task whipping his team into running shape by Friday, October...
...University cross country meet, Harvard took first, garnering seven consecutive places, from second through eighth. Gilman of Tech led the runners, the first Dartmouth harrier to finish being Langley. Arthur Foote '33 led the Crimson runners. The score of this meet was Harvard 20, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 54, Dartmouth 68. The Freshman race, held over a shorter course, was also won by the Crimson, with 30 points, Dartmouth being second with 51, and Tech third with...
...other hand, there is a good chance for an untried harrier who covers the distance just a little faster then ever before, to take the trophy, since the handicaps, which will be assigned before the race, are to be generous...