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The flu-bug, which has played havoc with the Crimson all fall, has directed one final swipe at the squad in striking down its captain, Dave Norris. Norris spent most of last week in bed and almost certainly will not run today.
As it worked out, Midler took second, Eckel third, and Reider fifth. But the all-important third man for the Ithacans, Nat Cravener, was seventh, well ahead of the varsity's Dave Norris, Dyke Benjamin, and Jim Schlaeppi. These three finished eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth.
Coach McCurdy afterwards pointed to the performance of the Big Red's Cravener as the crucial one; but he also pointed out that even if the varsity had placed its trio of Norris, Benjamin, and Schlaeppi ahead of the Cornellian, it would still have come off second-best--by a...
Much will depend, therefore, on the performance of the "healthy half" of the Crimson squad, which currently includes Capt. Dave Norris, Dyke Benjamin, Jim Schlaeppi, and Wes Hildreth.
The fortunes of the Crimson depend on its healthy members. Dyke Benjamin, Captain Dave Norris and Jim Schlaeppi should be strong contenders. The key to the whole meet lies in the hands of French Anderson and sophomore Wes Hildreth, both of whom have shown such rapid improvement that either could...