New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
CHAMPION CROSS COUNTRY EUNNEhS..
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL As'oClA'
TON AT MORRIS PARK.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL AS'OOiA'
TON AT MORRIS PARK.
The sixth annual championship meeting Of the
National Cross Country Association was held yes'er
day afternoon, the great Iaceccurse OF the New
York Jockey Club at Morris Park. j. C. Williams "as
referee. c. G. Hughes. NJ. A. c.; Robert Stoi''
n. Y. A. c., and J. c. speath, A. ~ ~, were uherS'
and s. d. See, A. A. A., was starter. In the JUNIOR
race which was started first there were teams e'erea
from the New-York A. c., Pastime a. G., star A. -
Acorn A. A.. st. George A. c.. Columbia A. c. wayne
A. c. Riverside A. C.. V NJ c. A., Prospect larrierS'
Manhattan A. c. and Xavier A. a. Nearly one
hundred runners started In this race, but before 'nc
course OF five miles was completed they were well
spread ont and many had dropped out OF the race
Five OF the Manhattan A. c. team ran wei together III
the lead for The last two miles, only on
outsider, a Xavier A. a. runner, being near thei''
Five Others Of the Xavier team were also closely
punched n little behind the Manhattan runners. The
team championship lay between these two clubs. and
tho Manhattan A. C. finally won by the score oil 40
10 g. The system OF scoring used is to add up the
numbers of the order OF finish OF the first SIX men
on each team. and the smallest total miss. Inc
first fifteen mer finished as follows. John Wren,
NJ A. c.. r. Mccarthy. NJ. a. c.; Edward Fctt"",
NJ A. c.; A. J. Walsh. X. A. A.; j. F. Monkey.
NJ. A. c.; J. Cross, NJ. A. C.; q. e. Hclender, p.
A. c.; j. p. Lloyd, jr., n. Y. A. c.; c. a. Beanc,
X. A. A.; a. Mills. =. A. c.: a. Dunlap y. A. A.
T. J. O'Donncr y. a. A.: J. J. Rogers, y A. A.
f. J. Mcguire. X. A. A., and J. II. Flanagan s ~ Z.
John Wren, Of the Manhattan A. c.. who finished
first, the individual junior championship. Ills
time for the course 81 minutes and 4G seconds.
There were only four teams entered In the senior
rpce, and Of these-that OF the Manhattan n. c.
was withdrawn. Runners from the suburban Har-
riers, Prospect Harriers and the Xavier a. a. did
start however William ID. Dry. who was entered
riers Prospect Harriers, did not run at all, owing
II is said, to the fact that f. C. carter had pro
tested his running for that team. Carter however.
was anxious 70 have him run for the individual
championship but objected to his point, being scored
ThrouGou the races The interest wa centred on
z. c. Carter H. and +. J. Vogellus. Y A. A., who
ran close together and well ahead OF the others for
the full eight miles which the seniors required
TO cover For Che first fOur FIVE miles f. Ijetbcrg.
s. H.. also in the lead with these two. but
dropped back before the end. In the last half mile
Carter sputed ahead OF NOgcllus and won the In
dvidual championship by about twenty yards his
time for the being 43 minutes and 81 second
The Suburban iarricrs also won the team champoI-
ship, their score being "a points. The Prospect rir
hers were second With G3 points and the Nvicr
a. A. team scored IS. The order in which the
, leaders finished was as follows F.. G. Carter. ;. H.
r. ]. Vogelms. \. a. A. f. ljertb"rg, ;. H.: f.; l..
White s. H.. K. II. Collins. Y. \. A.: W. w. kulke.
p. H.; F. a. Sergeant, :. H., and j. d. Lloyd, r. IL