MIT Cross Country 1909
Coach Frank Kanaly
Captain Elmer Jacobs '10
The Tech, 5 Oct 1909, p1
"The cross country team ran about three and a half miles, starting from the gymnasium. Twelve to fifteen men reported, the majority were 1912 men, the rest veterans from last year."
The Tech, 6 Oct 1909, p1
"The training consists of weekly hare and hound runs, held on Saturday afternoon in the country surrounding Boston, together with short runs from the Gym, at four and five o'clock on week day afternoons, and occasionaly work at the Field."
The Tech, 7 Oct 1909, p1
"The cross-country team took a run from the Field today.... Among those present were Watkins, Byland, Taylor, Cartwright, E Ferry, R Ferry, Lawrence, Montgomery and White."
The Tech, 13 Oct 1909, p1
MIT-Harvard on 5 Nov, over the Tech course from Highland Station, West Roxbury to the Tech Field in Brookline
sophomore HS Watkins is the leading runner
LO Mills and Jacobs running well, also juniors MacCreadie and White
The Tech, 13 Oct 1909, p1
MIT-Harvard on 5 Nov, over the Tech course from Highland Station, West Roxbury to the Tech Field in Brookline
sophomore HS Watkins is the leading runner
LO Mills and Jacobs running well, also juniors MacCreadie and White
The Tech, 14 Oct 1909, p1
seventeen men ran over the Harvard-Tech course, the pace was set by Coach Kanaly
HG Watkins '12, Elmer Jacobs '10, HS Benson '12, LO Mills '10, E Ferry '12, Kenneth Cartwright '12, EW DeWitt '11, Byland '13, HM Foley '12, BC Huber '10, JI Taylor '12, J Albers '10, G Frisbee '10, EW Wittengill '13, JO French '10, OC Lombard '12
The Tech, 23 Oct 1909, p1
ICAAAA race to be run on the new Technology course
The course starts from the Field and goes in the direction of Larz Anderson's hill, then returns to the Field. The race will be two laps.
The Tech, 29 Oct 1909, p1
Tech and Harvard signed a cross-country contract of five years duration for annual meets over the Tech course of 4 1/2 miles from Highland Station to Tech Field.
The Tech, 5 Nov 1990, p2
entries for the Tech-Harvard race:
MIT: Cpt Elmer Jacobs '10, HG Watkins '12, RD Van Alstine '11, HS Benson '12, JD McKenzie '11, LO Mills '10, WT MacCreadie '11, PD White '11, Kenneth Cartwright '12, Ralph Ferry '12; substitutes EW De Witt '11, Walter Bylund '13
Harvard: Act Cpt ES Viets '11, PR Withington '12, RH Rowse '12, PC Heald '11, WP bogers '11, HY Masten '10, WH Fenald '12, GL Harding '11, G Boyd '12, HW Bradley '12; substitutes WF Ryan '11, CD Burrage '11
Harvard Captain Jacques will not run because of an injured foot
5 November 1990, MIT 27, Harvard 62 @West Roxbury, 4 1/2 miles
1 HG Watkins MIT 24:13.8
2 Harvey Smith Benson MIT
3 PR Withington H
4 Elmer Jacobs MIT
5 LO Mills MIT
6 ES Viets H
7 RD Van Alstine MIT
8 Kenneth Cartwright MIT
9 PD White MIT
10 HY Masten H
11 Ralph Ferry MIT
12 JD McKenzie MIT
13 WH Fernald H
14 GL Harding H
15 WT McCreadie MIT
16 RH Rowse H
17 WP Rogers H
18 G Boyd H
19 PC Heald H
20 HW Bradley H
20 November 1909, ICAAAA @Brookline, 6 1/4 miles
Cornell 22, MIT 88, Michigan 112, Yale 114, Dartmouth 123, Syracuse 143, Harvard 153, Pennsylvania 183, Columbia 232, Princeton 234
1 Tell S Berna Corn 33:05.2
2 WH Tappan Corn 33:06.2
3 DC May Mich 33:12
4 PR Withington H 33:24
5 HC Young Corn 33:41
9 HG Watkins MIT 34:07
16 LO Mills MIT 34:19
19 Elmer Jacobs MIT 34:33
21 Harvey Benson MIT
23 Kenneth Cartwright MIT
51 PD White MIT
EL Viets, Harvard, and RD Van Alstine, MIT, dnf.