MOYNIHAN TAKES FIRST, SPRINGFIELD WINS RACE

Brendan Moynihan, smooth-striding Boston College middle distance star, coasted in 20 yards in front of a field of 113 yesterday afternoon on the Charles River course, to take individual first honors in the annual Harvard Open Intercollegiate Cross Country Run, in which Springfield, with a well-balanced group of runners, took the team prize, a new trophy offered for the meet by D. F. O'Connell '20, former University track captain. Moynihan's time, 23 minutes, 54 1-5 seconds, was considered very good under the circumstances.

Though Boston College finished three men before any of the others had sent a trio across the line, their fourth and fifth finishers were in sixteenth and fifty-fourth place, making their total 82 points, while teams of better balance, Springfield with 44 points, Rhode Island with 53, and Bowdoin with 65, made off with the first three places. Northeastern University was in fifth place with 151, and following in order were Massachusetts State College with 170 and Boston University with 326.

The winning Springfield team was composed of S. Bown, B. Gibbs, P. Doyle, K. Anderson, and Morgan. This is the fourth victory that the Springfield harriers have scored in the Harvard run.

While the leading University cross country men were withheld from the competition, several runners were entered informally, their performances not to count in the scoring. Of these, T. A. Robinson '34 was the seventh runner to cross the line, A. B. Hallowell '34 the twenty-first, J. W. Putnam '33 the twenty-fourth, and James Parton the twenty-fifth. Putnam, a University letterman in hockey has shown some promise in this, his first year of running.