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Coming back from its second place defeat of last week, the Varsity cross country squad will journey to Franklin Park this afternoon to meet Rhode Island State and Connecticut on the 4.25 mile course. Coach Jaakko Mikkola is sending in a full slate of 13 Varsity entries and eight Freshmen. This will be the first intercollegiate workout for the Yardlings, some of whom ran close competition to the Varsity harriers in the University handicap two weeks...
...basis of the University Handicap on November 4, coach Jaakko Mikkola was not sanguine about the prospects before Friday's quadrangular, but was well pleased with the results which confirmed his belief in teamwork. In spite of the terrific time registered by Dumboman Ted Vogel, who had left his teammates far behind, the Crimson was able to fill up those vital gaps and take over the second spot. When Vogel crossed the line in 21:56.6 some spectators wondered if they were witnessing a new world record breaker or on the other hand if the course of 4.25 miles...
...Franklin Park tomorrow looks like a tough nut to crack. Rhode Island is a school that takes cross country very seriously and this season's team has already crushed Springfield College 20 to 41, a rout in a cross country two-way meet. Connecticut is an unknown quantity, but Jaakko is confident that this meet will give the team the necessary experience to face Dartmouth next week and the Yale-Princeton triangular in a fortnight...
...honors for the afternoon as the finished 150 yards ahead of the field in 21:56.2. Jim O'Leary of Holy Cross, who finished second in the half mile in a meet here last spring, took the place sport, and Duncan Blanchard of Tufts, a runner discovered by Jaakko Mikkola here before he was transferred by the Navy to Tufts, followed the fleet heels of O'Leary by about a minute...
...Jaakko rates next Friday's meet with Rhode Island State and Connecticut as a tough match for the Crimson...