The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-13
CROSS oorSrnr RUSHIvs.
Interclub Rste over the jerome Course
Packs Ont on Long Island.


Followers OF the trail gathered In force yes
tsrday afternoon for an interclub run over the
Jerome avenue course. Nearly every athletic
organization In tho metropolitan district was
represented, r. Pfortner, the little Pastime
runner. started out with the bags. accompanied
By another hare, only fifteen minutes beiors
the slow division. He selected an eight-mile
route. which included most OF the
public parks In the vicinity. After
leaving the nelds east OF Jerome
avenue the paper was laid through Clare
mont Fleetwood and Crotona parks. thence
through st. James Park. The turn for home
was made around the Heine fountain In Cedar
Park. Another cut across rough ground. In
which Pfortner sprained his ankle, brought the
haies out on Jerome avenue. The rlucky little
hare lrnped In Ave minutes In advance OF the
leaders Of the combined last and slow packs.
and only few accepted the handleap allotted TO
the SLOW aggregation. The two Xavier cracks,
D. j. Donovan md Z. Brady; ssrt hot pace
New York a & r h mo- %D' Mcgify Two
miles from the nnsh Donovan had shot bis
tween McGirr and Brady. The y. y A: C., won
oil out by % yards. The order OF finish OF the
nrstfive men was:
seconds. !, II, Reilly, Pa.time a. @. ~ minutes 81
utes q socond,; J. 4. Lynch. Pastime A. C.. 81
minutes 80 seconds.
The National A. c. OF Brooklyn held it's reGu.
hnspeth. There was big turnout Of athletes.
Who covered course about six miles long.
honors. he me@ mi 1 Of u" the ' BrooElyn e.
pushing the Nationals hard. In spirited rue
n, {; kn9Sh Of the Prooklyn a. e. was nrst
4 {. topits;J ). Ii sm!!i. T. 4 Z. nth, and
A snS R IL n!ssstTe Ns %sn w Fs's
and The 'si of III; big Sass fS5 vol
The first pack OF Brooklyn A. c. started from
the clubs grounds, Ma.psIh.. at 10 o'clock 10
the, morning. Capt. Chris Ksnney was. the
the grounds directly across country toward
Laurel Hill, skirting Old Calvary Cemetery at
BiissyiIle, and coming home by way Of the upper
end of Nswtown and Corona. good pace was
set by J. . Kesfe. the whipper.ln. and In fast
r9n hnoms n poYs the 3ll,ronnd chsaI%Irlos
In this way:
W. cl.:Op second: & u 0'Ks.t. 'stTa, Frank
rshas william " cst,sr ninth, q 4, fo.Ii tenth. A.
iIsueh.y cis.snth. Frank " fosil twelfth, John
George sssmsn nftsenth. J, n,esn sixteenth. Time.
80 minutes SOIt o.. onds.
Az Bay Ridge the sea View H,rriers held
their regular invitation run. which was vol
s;PasS m. gtS1 waT led BY gI.s
wind directly from ,hs north which made tho
going. coupled with the rough country. very
difficult. Daniel A, McMphon sprintsd home
In the lead. with Harry e. I.awon, sea View
HArriers. second. Clarence Horn third. samuel
Parks fourth, and tho rest closo up. The
course was scapt six miles long. Time. 40
m nntes 23s seconds
Robert W. Kennedy. the captain Of the Star
A C's cross country team, set such merry
clip OF pace in the weekly run from the
clubhouse In Long Island City that he was
miles long; aud took 10 farm lqads to Wood.
Thorn son avenue and home to the starting
point. Michael Flyns. Star A. g., was scc-
ond Garrett j. FitzEsrald, Star A. G.. third
William Hugh, fourth W: Ryan. st Bar
tholomsus L. C., nth O. II. Donoshue. Star A.
G. sixth, and following in order came W. W.
Marshall. \. G. Gabsl. ID J. White and the rest
Of the pack. Time, 81 minutes ~ seconds.
The Columbia University anlual cross
country run was held over tho ntercol ~ late
course at Morris Park on saturday afternoon.
The distance covered was nvs miles, aud the
two brush hurdles and stone wall, each three
and half feet high. There wore sixteen
starters and every man finished. The order OF
the frat mon was
II o. NossrthAl. 1908; l.. s. Thur-ton, 1901; q.
g. ktkins, lso2: J. d. smith. Jr. 1901. Captain T.
I, IglehArt 1907. J. J. Dixon. 1901; l. Morley.
1902. TLey werr followed hy Caldwell 1908
Bishop, zoos; Marshall. 1908. and Lunt. 1908. Win
ners time. 81 minutes Az seconds.
The hrst two men received silver cups thu
next two silver and bronze medals respect
ively. aud = silver tnnkard was awarded 10
1glshart who finished FIRST among the men
~kE,A ., not Afn 60 h.. sf,N faas