M.I.T. Wins Cross Country Jaunt As Crimson, Jumbos Trail Behind

With a greatly superior team, the Technicians from down the river easily captured top honors from a less-experienced Crimson squad in a 4.25 mile cross-county bout at Franklin Park Friday. As MIT finished with 30, Harvard nosed out Tufts for second position by two points, 72 to 74. Northeastern and Holy Cross followed with 79 and 87 points, respectively.

Ted Vogel of Tufts won top honors for the afternoon as the finished 150 yards ahead of the field in 21:56.2. Jim O'Leary of Holy Cross, who finished second in the half mile in a meet here last spring, took the place sport, and Duncan Blanchard of Tufts, a runner discovered by Jaakko Mikkola here before he was transferred by the Navy to Tufts, followed the fleet heels of O'Leary by about a minute.

Highlight of the meet was the unusual team strength of MIT. Even with Tufts cinching the one and three spot and Holy Cross taking number two, they managed to win handily by grouping the next six men who crossed the finish line all within 40 yards of each other.

Jaakko rates next Friday's meet with Rhode Island State and Connecticut as a tough match for the Crimson.