Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Varsity Cross-Country Season f' HEN Bill Schmid and Johnny Theobald graduated, Coach Carl Merner again took up his task of building up a good team from 1: rxgffw only fair material. Captain Ed Roche and Art Farmer were vet- erans but it came as a pleasant surprise when the team in its first meet, displaying unexpected balance and strength, led N. Y. U., C. C. N. Y., and Rutgers to the tape. On October 30, however, they fell before last year's intercollegiate champions, Syracuse, who won by the perfect score of 15 to 40. Ed Roche, the first Columbia runner, after leading for the first mile, was forced to content himself with sixth place. Yale was given more opposition, but their team also was too powerful, and, although Roche and Farmer placed third and fourth, respectively, triumphed 34 to 2l. lt was Yale's first victory since Coach Carl Merner came to the Heights. On November 13, Pennsylvania, another powerful team, visited Columbia and succeeded in carrying off the victory, 35-20. Russel Payne of Penn, and former national steeple chase champion, easily carried off first place. The next Monday at the Intercollegiate, Penn State led by Bill Cox. Olympic star, won the title, although closely pressed by Syracuse and Yale. Columbia finished in eleventh place. The bright spot of the meet for the Blue and White was the performance turned in by Joe Hagen, Frosh runner, when he placed third, in a blanket finish, in the Freshman three-mile race. In fact. the whole Frosh team showed more than usual promise. - ln considering the record of the Varsity for the last season the high calibre of the opposition as well as the loss of Schmid and Theobald, must be taken into account. Smith of Yale and Loucks of Syracuse placed second and third in the intercollegiates while there is no doubt that Pennsylvania had one of the strong teams of the country in the past year. However, all through the season the team, though lacking such individual stars as Cox and Loucks, showed strength and gave promise that with the new Prosh material, the 1927 Cross-Country team, led by Captain-elect Johnny Wasson, will be a good one. IZ43 1

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' r White BUS LOCKWOOD IN ACTION Harvard distance star, passed both him and Loucks of Syracuse, in the last sixty yards, While the latter managed to repeat his earlier victory by beating Schmid out for second place. Palmer Wright, although setting a new Columbia record in the high jump, was held to a tie for fifth place because of the excep- tional quality of the opposing Held. The only other competitors from Morn- ingside Were Deck, Jaeger, Potter and Brick. White COLUMBIA TAKES FIRST THREE PLACES IN HALF-MILE Q24-21

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THE 1926 VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM EDWARD J. ROCHE, '27 ROBERT E. ROSENBERG, '27 Captain Manager CARL J. MERNER THOMAS E. JONES, '27 Coach Assistant Manager THE. SQUAD . Arthur E. Farmer, '27 Schuyler Broughton, '27 Dominic J. Massa, '28 John Wasson, '28 John M. Atkinson, '29 Collin D. Meyers, '29 . Allen W. Rowe, '29 SCHEDULE Scores Opponent Date Columbia Opponent N. Y. U. Rutgers October 2 3 3 0 3 2 C. C. N. Y. j Syracuse October 30 V 40 15 Yale November 6 34 21 Pennsylvania November 13 35 20 Intercollegiates November 21 Eleventh place t.-rl' f-Q! .'.. ' - ' .. '7-f'-' -'Rtl' R . 9'..i7Aa ' eww mffmmwf44f?Rm-ngwsRwRm-swmwffuwgwwmwwmm 't... .... ,9.' O.. ......- 1 - f..i'.2 112 itr?-'1.1 '.. ' ..--'f I :SERS :R .' , F f::.2:e,15wfE. fa f nge ., A- .f , f-21:1 -,-. -L.. R.. -1fzx,gE:.f-.:- '- Ra .. :sms-X A , . 251-5 ..,-.- -' fig? C' 'f-L33 A Ng . ' ..- Ni - ,.:. FG vxqfgggs ' ggi as east EEZ' if , Ra 7gF at Mft -' .f,li afilatfiezge.figrieggasme 23 26 i . l . ...Q l l ' X A '-A9s ' ' E A A . 1:5 .'-. 242 5- 'f fi A ..'.. A is. -A . 5 A-e- . 1 f iqggag l :q:f,1.,5,Elf-gagfqg y.fz :1:Qf 'o., ' .Eg.17:.,,r, f- . .fr :rf h :f.g:-rqgigl 2. . ' . R 1i,f?:S.a4 '-'c: V' ' '-' ' . 1 ' . ,I A .,-. A. 0 ii.. .. -.4. A ,--- , ,A ii if iifffil i ',.. Q i? if P55 Q A 'f fet' . R THE 1926 VARSITY cnoss COUNTRY SQUAD :ROSENBERG fMGR.J O'GRADY MEYERS A'rK1NsoN LYNCH MILBERT McKIN'LEY BONILLA WASSON JEFFORDS MANNHEIM MERNER CCOACHJ WARDEN JONES BRAUSE ROWE ROCHE FARMER BROU GHTON MASSA 52443