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Haunted by the spectre of four straight defeats by Dartmouth's Captain Doug Brew, Pete Reider took his revenge spectacularly yesterday afternoon, as he whipped Brew and smashed all previous records for the Franklin Park Course. The varsity cross country won the meet and their eighteenth consecutive victory by the lopsided score...
Wary of Brew's spectacular finishing kick, and, therefore, bent on opening up as big a lead as possible before the stretch, Reider changed his usual tactics by jumping into quick lead at the outset of the race, setting a brisk pace. Brew moved up into second place five yards behind Reider at the first big hill, as both began to pull away from the rest of the field...
...lake turn, however, Reider opened up a lead of nearly 30 yeards on his archrival, a lead which he maintained until the second lake turn, when his killing pace began to tell on the tiring Brew. By the three-mile mark, Reider had increased his lead to over 100 yards. At this point, Brew led third man Dave Norris by nearly 20 yards, as Crimson runners Norris, Jim Schlaeppi, Dave McLean, and Dick Wharton fought for third position...
...Reider whipped Brew by over 250 yards, crossing the finish line in 19:39.0, breaking the previous record of 19:45.6 set by B.U.'s George Terry...
Even though the Crimson is minus the services of number five man Mac Brown, out for the season with a knee injury, it will have number two man Dave Norris in top shape and a constantly improving Jim Schlaeppi backing up Reider. Rounding out the Crimson lineup are Ralph Perry, Bill Thompson, Bob Holmes, Bill Morris, John Read, Dick Wharton, and physically sub-par Captain Dave McLean...