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...winning yesterday's Heptagonal Championship, Cornell retired the Junius T. Auerbach Memorial Trophy, named in honor of a Cornell graduate. The team, also undefeated at the beginning of the match, proved its ability as a squad with depth. The two sophomores who led the Big Red to victory finished ahead of their teammate Jack Rosenbaum, defending individual champion...
Possessing the only other unbeaten squad in the meet, the Crimson has as its strongest contender Pete Reider, winner of the Big Three Championship this year. But the varsity's main hope is its well-balanced squad, especially important since Cornell has little after its Big Three. Runners on whom Coach Bill McCurdy must count if the team is to place well include two who have been fighting injuries for some time. Captain Don French was unimpressive against Yale and Princeton, but was suffering from a cold, and Al Wills, third in this meet last year, has been injured much...
Jack Vodrey of Princeton, runner-up last year, and Doug Brew of Dartmouth will also contend for the individual crown, but their teams are not rated too highly, and only Penn, outside of the four top teams is conceded even a faint chance of capturing the championship...
Princeton has virtually no depth. Jack Vodrey, Tiger captain, is the only harrier who can even attempt to challenge the lead. Vodrey, however, is a real threat. He won the Big Three cross country championship last year, and is also Heptagonals outdoor two mile champ. But there is a huge gap between him and his teammates, bound to be filled this afternoon by Yale and Crimson runners...
...Championship Match...