Harriers Take On East's Top Competition Today

Fresh from a double upset last week, the Crimson harriers face the best in the East this afternoon at the Annual Heptagonals meet at Van Cortlandt Park, New York.

The team that was so hot last week that it knocked ever Yale and Princeton to win the Big Three Championship, will line up against Army, the East's perennial top team, along with the rest of the Ivy League and Navy at 2:30 p.m. Five miles--the longest distance the squad has run this year--will show how the Crimson ranks in the big time of cross country.

Chance for Revenge

The Crimson will be looking for the chance to avenge their defeat by Dartmonik, the only team to beat them this year. That was an off day for the squad, victors over Boston University, Northeastern, the University of Massachusetts, and Brown, as well as Princeton and Yale.

Officially, Army looks to win this afternoon, with Dartmouth and Cornell to fight it out for second place. But the Crimson hopes to break up this pattern. According to Coach Bill McCurdy, "Depending on how the boys feel, we can do as badly as sixth, but as good as second." And from the number of upsets the Crimson has authored this year, the second spot looks like it might be theirs.

Need Block Scoring

McCurdy said the Crimson's best chance will be to score in a compact block as far up front as possible. The local squad doesn't have big stars such as the Army team that last year took four of the five top spots. Nor do they have the men capable of knocking over Princeton's Bill Maxwell, Yale's Mike Stanley, or Brown's Walt Molineaux. But in a big meet such as this, with 70 runners, block scoring could more than compensate for a lack of individual standouts.

Several Experienced Runners

Only two of the men who will run this afternoon have placed previously in the Heps. In last year's disappointing finale, when the Crimson was considered a dark horse to win and placed seventh, captain Emil San Soucie came in 27th and Hal Gerry finished 40th. Last year's captain Dave Gregory finished seventh.

The men who will run tomorrow are Hubie Maguire, Bruce Phillips, March Childs, Frank Nahigian, Bill Engs, Gerry, and San Soucie.

After arriving in New York, the harriers immediately went to Van Cortiandt Park to look over the tricky course, and spent last night at the Harvard Club of New York.