Word: fitzgerald
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With the status of its ace, Jed Fitzgerald, in doubt, the varsity cross country team will travel to Amherst today for a meet with a strong squad from the University of Massachusetts. UMass has a good group of above-average harriers, and the Crimson will need a top effort to defeat the Redmen...
...Fitzgerald has a leg condition similar to shin splints, and experienced considerable difficulty in practice yesterday. Trainer Jim Fair said the leg could probably be taped so that Fitzgerald could compete this afternoon, but the Crimson ace and his coach, Bill McCurdy, must decide whether the risk involved is reasonable...
...Fitzgerald's importance was demonstrated against Penn and Columbia last Friday when he turned in a fine secondplace performance to pace the varsity's victory...
...varsity, Fitzgerald and Mark Mullin are rated slightly beter than Bushman. To take the meet, however, the Crimson must break up the possible UMass domination of positions just below the top. Jack Benjamin, Ralph Perry, Don Kirkland, and Tony Field should be able to finish in the first ten. Kirkland, especially, may do well on the four and one-half mile UMass course, since the longer layouts at Franklin Park and New York placed a larger premium on endurance and experience...
...Fitzgerald, grimly determined after a 13th-place showing a week ago, led the Crimson by taking a close second behind Quaker Ernest Tracy. Fitzgerald's great closing rush made it seem that he might overhaul the Penn ace, but his bid fell three seconds short. Tracy's winning time was 26:10 for the five-mile distance...