MIT Cross Country 1908
MIT failed to register with the ICAAAA and were not eligible for prizes, but has permission to run in ICAAAA XC meet
Captain R Ellis '09
The Tech, 19 Oct 1908, p1
Coach Kanaly arranged for training table at the Union and announced training schedule for the week
29 October 1908, Trials @West Roxbury
1 HH Howland '08
2 LO Mills '10
3 WC MacCreadie '11
4 E Jacobs '10
5 JN Stephenson '09
6 CP Eldred '11
7 R Ellis '09
8 JF McCarthy '09
9 JD MacKenzie '11
10 PD White '11
11 CL Bachelder '09
12 HS Benson '12
13 RC Huber '10
14 E Ferry '12
15 JG Tripp '10
16 GA Magee '10
17 VV Ballard '12
18 SP Spalding '11
First ten will run against Harvard, first twelve will be put on the training table until the race
6 November 1908, MIT 36, Harvard 45 (six men score) @West Roxbury, 4+ miles
1 H Jacques '11 H 23:00.4 cr (old mark 24:19 by Howland, 1906)
2 HH Howland MIT 23:17
3 RE Dole '10 H 24:17.8
4 LO Mills MIT
5 JF McCarthy MIT
6 E Jacobs MIT
7 MH Whitney '10 H
8 CP Eldred MIT
9 HN Harding '11 H
10 JN Stephenson MIT
11 R Ellis MIT
12 HY Marston '10 H
13 JD McKenzie MIT
14 NP Rogers H
15 G Murphy H
16 CP Howard H
17 E Parsons H
18 CL Robinson MIT
19 WJ McCreadie MIT
MIT won for the third time in five years.
21 November 1908, ICAAAA @Princeton, 6 miles + 300 yds
Cornell 29, Syracuse 87, Harvard 89, Yale 90, Michigan 105, Pennsylvania 134, Columbia 188, Princeton inc
1 HC Young Corn 34:14
2 GA Dull Mich 34:16.5
3 H Jacques, Jr H 34:20
4 PJ Taylor Corn 34:39
5 WE Paull Penn 34:40
7 LR Brown Corn 34:55
Harold H Howland MIT 35:10
8 GL Tower Mich 35:11
17 RA Spitzer Y 35:51.6
LO Mills MIT 35:54
18 JL Chapman Prin 36:09
20 HM Hitchner Syr 36:21
Elmer Jacobs MIT 36:26
21 AM Haskell Y 36:27
26 L Dean Y 37:02
WT MacCreadie MIT 38:03 (The Tech place and time do not agree)
R Ellis MIT 38:04 "
27 RN Dise Penn 37:05
72 runners, 50 finishers
MIT failed to register with the ICAAAA and were not eligible for prizes.
If MIT is added to the scoring the results are:
Cornell 30, MIT 100, Syracuse 101, Harvard 103, Yale 116, Michigan 125, Penn 158, Columbia 223
This was the first year in which the meet was held under the auspices of the ICAAAA.