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Show :: Don Lash Wins Cross Country Title : For Sixth Time and Sets Record a NEWARK. N. J, Nov. 30 (Jf- . A. A. U. officials went about a time-worn task today entering a familiar name as winner In the . national senior cross-country . . championship. , To the surprise of absolutely ' . nobody who had seen the entry , list, aa Indiana state policeman , named Don Lash was the first , bus to finish the 10.000-meter . a grind around Branch Brook park a yesterday. , America's great distance run- , tier, who Incidentally hadn't ap- , peered in competition since June, , captured the title for the sixth , straight year, but decided to add ' a little spice to the 6H-mlle event 1 this time. He smashed his 1936 record by 11 eeconda. being timed 'in 32 -minutes and 26 seconds; and also became the first man In the 43-year-old history of the title chase to win six times. The old mark for consistency was five, set between be-tween 1922 and 1927 by Willie Ritola. Finnish-American distance dis-tance ace. The starter's gun was the signal sig-nal for Lash to run away from the pack. None of the field of SO got a look at his face until after the race. Gregory Rice of South Bend, ' Ind, former Notre Dame star, came in second 20 yards behind and also lowered Lash's former mark, finishing in 32:30. Joseph McCluskey, veteran distance dis-tance racer competing from Manchester, Man-chester, Conn, waa third in 33:37. Jim Rafferty of the New York A. C waa fourth and Ernest Federoff of the Millrose A. A. fifth. The MlUroae club retained IU title with 35 points, two better than the New York A. C The Shanahan Catholic club of Philadelphia Phila-delphia and the Norfolk Y. M. A. of Roxbury. Mass, were tied for third with 69 points. |