New-York tribune., 1910-03-21
1T WAS ALL BURKE
HE TOOK TWO PRIZES
Mott HaUen Club Got Point
Trophy iR Its Run.

William r. Burke, the crack distance
runner OF the Mott Haven Athletic CiuD.
besides capturing first place in the annual
six-mile open run OF his club over the
regular course I'm The Bronx yesterday
got the time prize also. Burke had an
allowance Of minutes 80 seconds, and he
made good use Of this liberal leeway'
romPing home a winner by over one
hundred yards. I'm the actual time OF 81
minutes a. seconds.
Harry JamisOn, the erratic performer OF
the Glencoe Athletic Club. who started with
the next pack minute later was second
In 80 minutes 90 seconds. Frank McCul-
Tough. consistent clubmate OF Jamison.
finished third, fifty yards behind the latter.
J. J. Short, the diminutive athlete Of Nc
Caddin Lyceum. who was one OF the two
dozen runners on the minute IS seconds
handicap mark. and who finished nth,
received the novice prize, a bronze statue
A field Of 142 starters, representing over
two dozen clubs Of the metropolitan dis
triet. competed. and the competition was
OF the keenest order. The Mott Haven
and Glencoe Athletic clubs had a stin
tussle for the point trophy. the former
finally being declared the winner by totals
OF 3S 20 40. The members Of both these teams
ran well together, the Individual runners
Of the two clubs all finishing in the first
fifteen
The Mohawk Athletic Club had its junior
championship team entered. and this group
OF runners was expected by many 10 capt
ure the point trophy. The best they could
do. however. was third, with a score Of l20
A squad Of patrolmen attached 10 the
6lst Precinct, detailed az the finish line,
had considerable difficulty in preserving
lane. as several thousand persons congre-
gated there, and the runners had literally
10 fight their way through the crowd.
Gerald FitzgibbOn. who has joined the
ranks OF the Irish-Anerican Athletic Club,
finished third in the actual running time OF
80 minutes 40 seconds. This would have
won for him the fast time medal. but II
was discovered that he had not completed
the fun distance.
The contestants started from the Fair
mount Athletic Club building. Twoscore
athletes started from the limit mark OF 4
minutes 30 seconds. At the outset they all
scrambled for the lead. going up Riverside
avenue. Eight other individual packs were
sent out in rapid sequence as the lower
handicaps were reached
pace for the first two laps. with the enor-
nous pack trailing. it's component parts
covering a mile Brazil then jumped away,
and at the two and a half mile mark had
assumed the lead. Burke, accompanied BY
Andrew Conway, who had been making
rapid progress through the pack. wrested
the lead from Brazil at Gerard and Jerome
avenues.
The two new leaders hit up a rapid pace,
but when the step cOncouTse at the turning
point was reached Conroy fell behind.
Burke kept up his high speed and was
never again headed. winning as he pleased.
The competitors finished in quick order
thereafter keeping the officials or the qui
vive. Winfield Bailey and Joe Malone,
who We're on scratch ran well but failed %
get prizes. The former finished the course
in the actual time of 30 minutes, 20 sec
onds, which was half a minute behind
BUrl1e's time.
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