Reider Sets Mark as Harriers Triumph

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 of 19 to 44.

Earlier, the Indian freshmen threw a scare into the undefeated Yardlings, before succumbing, 25, to 33.

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.

At the 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 in 1953.

Brew Beats Norris

Brew finished almost 120 yards ahead of Norris, who placed third. Jim Schlaeppi, Dave McLean, Dick Wharton, Ralph Perry, Bill Thompson, John Read, and Bill Morris all finished before Dartmouth's second finisher, Dick Nau.

Freshman captain Ed Martin just missed in his final attempt at the freshman course record, finishing in 14:40, nine seconds off the record, but 75 yards ahead of Dartmouth's first finisher. Wes Hildreth, ousted from the second spot for the first time this season, placed third, but Dartmouth freshmen took both fourth and fifth places.

At this point, the Yardling depth superiority proved the decisive factor.