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Show HO 10 Mi IN " PRDVO CROSS COUNTRY Turkeys Will Be Prizes for Winners; Cup for Real Speedsters. Spei-lnl to The Trlbunn. riiOVO, .Nov. 10. The .toss country run, tlio l,is fall aihlctir, event at the B. . V., is creating more cntliusiiism tliis year thou ever before. Kach afternoon after-noon birr irroups of boys can be seen limbering up their muscles on the four-mile four-mile course, and if talk goes for auv-t auv-t hi n ST. wh clas.t in school is sure to win the turkeys that are to be civen as prizes. Last year ein,iv bovs eu- tered tho race aud sixty of thein finished. fin-ished. This canter is run on the plan of the "prniip athletics." A time limit is set within which a runner must finish in order to ;ain credits. The time is ample am-ple for a man to walk half way and slill b" figured iu Hie finish. If lmi men enter which seems probable this year the first man under Hie wire gets liiLI joints, the second man 10, the third man OS. etc.. until the end of tlie time limit. Then the class having the createst number of points Knt t'ie roasted turkeys. Dr. Men-ill' has provided a beautiful trophy cup for which the real speed-stei-s will contest. This cup must be won three years in succession to become I the permanent property of anv runner I Two years arjo Will St'uhl had 'his,name I written in bold letters on the front of j the hijj cup. ,ast ye:ir I.vmnn Brown beat him by an eyelash, bill Stnlil had i ; an abhi of a lame ankle. The betting i is even on the two this year and a j ! desperate finish is looked for. A great! .many say that Nelson, a new man, is the dark Horse who will claim the hon- I ors. Hnwover it cees. mole enthusiasm; cnubl ie ,t be vvi.'.hi.l for tlie air is full, of il. I The class basketball games have beon ' going for works, with the seniors in the lead and running strong. I 'ire-tor K. ' 1.. Koi.oiis stands en tho side lines with a grappling honk ready to sunn , anything hat looks iike the stuff from j which college teams are made. Tlie ' war has sin. ply ri Idled his last vcar'sl i'l..'il'ipi.,n-i,i;i loom, but he h.ip.'.s to angle (n,uir:h of the rniv material to mase a g..o.t skewing. j |