RUNNERS TO ENTER INTERCOLLEGIATES WITH CLEAN SLATE

The University cross-country team, with an unbroken list of triumphs for the season, will face the entrants of 20 other colleges today in an attempt to annex the intercollegiate crown. Running on the Van Courtlandt Park course in New York City at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, Captain E. C. Haggerty '27 and his six leading harriers will form part of a field of 146 runners.

Four Teams Stand Out

Syracuse, Penn State, Yale and the University are considered the four strongest contenders for championship honors. Syracuse, entering J. C. Loucks, Kenneth Rupert and Oliver Proudlock who finished second, eighth, and twelfth last year, is conceded an excellent chance to repeat its 1925 triumph. Penn State and Harvard, however, have well-balanced teams that should make the six-mile race a struggle all the way. Yale pins its hopes on Captain Macaulay Smith, a brilliant runner who captured the individual crown in 1924.

Cox Likely to Lead Field

W. J. Cox, a Penn State Sophomore who recently established a new Pennsylvania record in a dual meet with Syracuse, is expected to lead the field this afternoon. He has shown remarkable form all fall and was an easy winner over J. C. Loucks in the Syracuse meet. Since W. L. Tibbetts '26 established a new mark last year in beating Loucks by a stride, the record is expected to fall again today.

The individual stars who will vie for the Intercollegiate prize at Van Cortlandt Park are Captain E. C. Haggerty '27, Captain M. L. Smith of Yale, J. C. Loucks of Syracuse, W. J. Cox of Penn State, Captain Karl Auer of Dartmouth, Horace Betson of Cornell, Forrest Taylor of Maine, and Russell Payne of Pennsylvania. They comprise one of the greatest collections of cross country luminaries ever to clash on one course.

Crimson Has Not Won Since 1912

Tomorrow's test will be the 18th annual race under the auspices of the I. C. A. A. A. A. Since 1908, the honors have been divided among seven Eastern colleges, Cornell, Syracuse, Pittsburg, Maine, Pennsylvania, Yale, and Harvard. The University won the team title in 1912 but since that time has not scored another triumph.

This year the Crimson harriers will have to offset the individual stars of Syracuse and Penn State in order to emerge triumphant. Captain Haggerty and J. L. Reid '29, constitute Harvard's best chance for a place in the van. When the score is tabulated, the ranging of the next five Crimson harriers should determine the victory. These men have finished in a cluster in previous races this season and their showing against the competition of 141 other runners will be followed with interest.

Squad in Perfect Condition

The entire cross country squad left for New Haven on Saturday morning to see the football contest. Since then, the runners have been resting in New York preparatory for today's test. All of Coach Mikkola's runners are in good physical condition. Captain Haggerty's ankle which has been bothering him most of the season has healed during the last week and he is fit to lead his men to triumph today.

The seven harriers in the starting lineup are expected to be: Captain E. C. Haggerty '27, Leslie Flaksman '29, Edward Gordon '27, W. B. King '27, T. L. Mayhew '27, L. J. Novograd '27, and J. L. Reid '29. A. S. Woodworth '29 will be the substitute.