Riding on the strength of three initial Conference victories, the varsity cross country team will encounter their toughest opponent, Arlington, tonight in an away meet. To date Arlington is also undefeated, and the contest promises to be a close battle. According to Head Coach Bill Barringer, Maine has a 50‑50 chance of winning tonight's meet. A victory at Arlington would put West in an excellent position for taking the Conference championship.

Last week's action for the harriers included three meets, all with Conference rivals. The Forest View Falcons, defending Conference champs, invaded Maine at the Warrior home course last Friday. However, they were no match for the Warriors, as they could place only one man in the first five runners. Lee LaBadie won the race of two miles with a time of 10:04. Lambert of Forest View earned second place with a time of 10:15 and was followed by Warriors Ed Lush, Doug Chase, and Scott Schlesser. The fifth man for Maine was Bill Deuser in tenth place. The score of the meet was 23-32 in Maine's favor and brought home a big victory for the Warriors. Sophomore Bob Glitz, brought down from varsity, captured first place in the frosh-soph meet to help the little Warriors defeat Forest View. Completing the scoring for Maine West were Plas, Wolski, Wolf, and Dreischarf, as they compiled an 18-45 score.

The Warrior varsity defeated Conant on Tuesday, October 4, by a score of 17 to 46. LaBadie again placed first, fighting the wind for a time of 10:05. Lusk was second in 10:38; Chase was third in 10:45; and Schlesser was fourth in 10:49. Troy and Lee took fifth and sixth for Conant, and Jim Kesaris was the fifth Warrior in seventh place. The frosh‑soph team gained their first Conference victory in their tilt with Conant by a score of 18 to 44. Wolf took first place for the Warriors with a time of 11:42 and was followed by Plas, Schank, Jonasson, and Swanson who placed second, fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively. Third place 'was grabbed by Schweiger, the top Cougar sophomore.

The harriers opened the Conference season Saturday, October 1, with a 16‑47 triumph over Prospect between football games at the Prospect stadium. In this meet Lee LaBadie broke his second course record of the year as he took 19 seconds off the old Prospect course record. Three other Warriors, Lusk, Chase, and Schlesser, also finished ahead of Prospect's best runner, Holmes. This time Warren Schneider was the fifth man for West, as he copped sixth position.

Preceding the varsity race, the frosh‑soph harriers fell to a good Prospect squad 21 to 36. Proudfoot of Prospect led all runners in the race in establishing a new frosh‑soph record.

Wolski, Plas, Wolf, and Swanson placed in the top ten for Maine, but could not get a position better than fourth place.