New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-20
HOLDEN RUNS TO FAME
-okps Iunior 'crosS-CountFy
Title at Celtic Park.
HGlNN A CLOSE SECOND
winners Organization, Konkers
yM. C. g., Gets Point Trophy
Large Field Starts.

s-,-, burst Of speed that would not he
.s-e5. c F Holden. representing the
- Young Mems Christian Associa-
-s.- rz,shed from Obscurity 70 fame in the
---ic,sI Junior -cross-coantrv champion
-, a celtic Park yesterday afternoon
--se winner covered the distance ABOUT six
-,5 one-half miles. in 81 minutes % sec
o,6s. Z. McGinn. OF The New York Ath-
&c Cub. finished g close second. while
GALLAGHER, Of thu ShSnahan Club, Of
F,hila6eIpEla. got third prize
7, The competition for the point trophy
-.e voukars organization won easily with
tatal Of IS. The IrIsh-American Athletic
y77,b finished second 10 the Yonkers team
r-6 re New York Athletic Club got third
-;ace. Had IL not been for the failure Of
ne New York forces 10 get G. Critchley, a
former Acorn runner. n line. the Winged
Foor club would easily have taken second
mace As Il was. Critchley ran unat-
.ache6 and finished tenth. Up to yesJer-
dsv there had been some doubt as 10 the
eligibility Of the Long Island Athletic CLUB
team. hui the needed sanction was received
ron tie national committee Of the ANA
tsur Athletic Union a few hours before the
race.
Among those who attended yesterdays
championship meeting was Everett Brown,
q Chicago, president Of The Amateur AIh-
is-lc Union. James z. Sullivan. the secre-
tary-I-easure-. was also there. acting as
Chairman Of tae championship committee.
Although possibly Lacking somewhat Z
class. yesterdays field was unusually large.
10 lexe- than eighty-One athletes starting.
Te- Clubs we're represented Those having
tie La-6-lo06 10 face The frigid wind were
vel -eua56 for the course IS al ideal one
fo- III purpose. Stretching away from
0ei--- Park. the trail leads Ll-OEEf- q hol-
low and Jher over rising ground for 9 con-
s5e-able distance, SO that most OF the cir
cutr Is II plain view from the grandstaRd.
n order 10 complete the distance five laps
= ne course were required
A. The sound 4 the starters sun the
s.c.-v-odd barelegged championship asp---
zsts sprang away as Z their only object
was II see who could pass through the gate
e-sr. This distinction went 10 ". Powers.
q The irish Club. VINO led his colleague.
= . Ecys-an- By inches When the
leaders had reached The TOP Of the nil the
pack was strung out 10 distance q 80
yards.
TIE first circuit Of The course saw J J
EzEnIey leading, closely followed by George
O5e--eyer- the Vel known distance run
ae- Of the National Athletic Club. Louis
Scc-c- Of Paterson. was running third. fol-
lowed by DeInelly. Schreiser and Hugs
-1a-. IN ne order named The leader
-:-1e for th4 a-st lap was 5-53. and he led
Mccormack and Brazil The TWO last men,
bv more than 200 Yards. Oddly enough. the
seve--y--fou--h nan 70 catch the eyes OF
vas =
G-GiuG aid EuysClal made the running
throughout the second mile. Oberneyer
dropping back 70 third place. That was the
order Of the three leaders as they passed
the stand. the frst mans tine being u,45-
sr-5ngs1een held fourth position, while
Holden. running easily. had fifth place
TIE last OF The Pack 70 pass through the
incl0sure were more than rwo minutes be-
hind ire leader.
There vas little change II the order Of
--= leaders throughout the next mile, Hugs
man and AcGlnn running On almost even
terms. wiki Holden third and SpriugsIeen
.7u--E These we're closely punched. but
C1e--eyer. The nth man, had dropped
back some thirty Yards AppIeyaTG and
CrfrcE.ev we're SIKH and seventh, respec-
t-v=r- The leaders tine -or the third full
circ-5t was I--3-
Another mile saw McGinn still leading
though closely pressed by App-eyard- who
lad moved .-- from sixth e second. Elys-
ma SrrtrEs-een and Holden followed as
na-re5. and then came ObermeTer- Al the
o5+se- -re wise ones said Obey would
- about do the trick, but the National
athlete began fiying distress signals before
his fourth circuit mad been completed and
i wzs -1eu generally admitted that ne
coclE ro- win EcGinn's Jin-e for the
fourth round ---p vas BIS
TIE end Of The fifth lap saw McGI1-r N
re va though less than 2 second ahe2c
q S--.r-sceer. while Holden was but q
fen rods back. Appleyard was then fourth
sLeE5rr-s tine for the distance was 2S:l5
THROUGHOUT the mai circuit Gallagher. the
P1-ale-unla miller. made determined
sru~- -1a- carried hin from seventh 70
t-.-E place. 4 quarter OF 2 nile from nome
Eo-Ee- did Tot look ike z winner, but ne
la NE strength 81 The end Springsteen
Eot fourth. E5-vsr1an E1Lh, AppleyaTG sixth
and Cbe-ueye- seventh
Tie winner VS. = stranger 10 z majority
O. ne spectators. many Of whom asked the
question. WHAT has ne ever done before?
Asi1e from taking part II q number O.
weekly c-1ss-coUl--y runs throughout the
1sl E1-Len Eas done -5Cl-e il tile -cLG dls-
ts-ce liz
TIE summary follows