New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
WSSE LEADS BIG PACK
Sturdy Runner Of Commercial
High School Wins Title.
MANUAL GETS TEAM TROPHY
Morris High and Commerce Tied
for Second il Gross Country
Competition

r,-,--s-rni-- from TIE start the rest OF the
sixty-three schoolboys who WED for hon.
or, In the high school 'cross-counIry
championship az Celtic Park yesterday
afternoon, Alexander Vessie, q seventeen
yea--old lad from Commercial Eigh
school. carried of The individual cham
rjorship n G. remarkably well run race.
Despite Vessels brilliant work. CONNER
cisl was unable TO finish better than sixth
Fl the team race, Manuel Training
With an excellenfly well balanced team
taking the trophy with e total score OF 50
points. Close behind the winning team,
Morris High School, Of The Bronx, ano
she Commercial High School tied for sec
end place, with IS points each Then in
order came Boys High School, fourth,
with 10; Newtoxn High School, fifth, with
rs; Commercial High School. sixth, with
Ia; Bryant High S1fool, seventh, with
IS, and Erasmus Hall, eighth. with
21l- Neither Jamaica High School nor
Curtis High School Of Staten Island. quail
sfed enough men 10 count in the team race,
only four on each team finishing.
Although the sun shone down clear ana
sne from al almost cloudless sky. the day
was hardly the best for the scanuly clad
boys. They didn't seen, TO mind so much
z-ait before the gun was fred nearly froze
some Of them. The spectators were all
of the hardy variety who take delight IN
going 70 Just such contests in zero
weather. end the four or i've hundred
schoeibeys who were OF hand 10 lend en-
couraseulent 10 their mates, kept the
hillside lively enough with their rival
cheers.
vessie broke cut from the pack the in
slant rhe gun was fred and was well in
n. lead On his three and half mile jour
rev after he had covered the first quarter
Of nile. Thomas Tanner, Of BrTant, and
Storey, OF Curtis, were not far behind. and
= took much effort on Vessels part 10 keep
himself ahead as the trio breasted the hill
leading up TO the ridge in the teeth OF the
December half gale. Vessie. however. last
&C Il through and pulled himself 10 the
summit & good thirty yards II the van.
BY that time the field had strung out
considerably, and the last man had hardly
turned out Of the road at the bottom of the
51ill when the leaders rushed down into the
dip" after getting over the stone wall.
Down the long run hack 10 the road Yes
eie held himself II and the Irailers gradu-
ally began 10 pun up on him When he got
into the lane OF cheering and yelling boys
lie was teGGlng cg Scalr dozen yards and
WHEN he ran past the officials ne was only
e pace ahead Of Tanner and Storey, who
VeFe running stride for stride. punched
.1usdisIsly behind them were Charles Ken
r1edr, the fast Morris boy; John Karie, of
Newrovu, and Norman Rennie, Of the
High School Of Commerce. The leaders
tine for the fraction under one mile and a
quarter vas 6-22
Tlssie had tried out his opponents and
was satisfied that he was in no danger
accordingly he set out 10 draw awav from
the field Es took the hill for the second
time with long. easy stride and pulled
but fifty yards ahead Of Tanner. Tanner.
however. began &C get into difficulties and
gradually dropped hack. Jacob Lemhach.
If Norris, coming through and taking the
place behind Fessie.
They finished the second round in that
Crders with Kennedy, Andrew Cadis Of
Manual Training, and T. Ten Eyck. of ia
snalca- running behind the leaders Vessie
vas going very easily. ana his time for
T1e TWO laps was I2:54
FROM that point Nessie vas so far ahead
mat Il would have been almost impossible
sor either kennedy or Lenbach 10 have
Cve-Caken him. He increased his lead TO
the end and won by something over sixty
yards. Kennedy beat out his team mate
.or second place in q hard sprint al the
finish
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