Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-30
H|TSHEW IS VICTOR
Takes Star Trophy in Ten
-" Mile Run.
w. C. c. C. GETS TEAM PRIZE
Race Well Run All the Way and
Runners Finish in
Good Shape.

The Washington Cross-country Club
team won the handsome team trophy
offered to the team scoring the least
| number of points in the ten-mile cross
| country race which was run off this
| morning under the auspices of The
| Evening Star, it's representatives COM
| ing in second, fourth. fifth, seventh
and ninth, for a total of twenty-seven
! points.
Individual honors went to l.. II. Hit
| shew Of the Baltimore Central Y. NJ
c. A, who won the event, after some
| of the prettiest running seen here this
| season. Upham, the scratch man. did
not start, which made Hitshew the last
man to leave the mark he having
| minute handicap. He Sc: fast pace.
and kept it up throughout the entire
! distance. At the two-and- a half-mile
| mark he had managed to creep up to
fourth place. AT the nve-mile marx he
was second, which position he main
tanned until the eieht1mile post was
reached. when he went to the front, and
was never headed. although johnnie
Bolac, who finished second, pushed him
hard, and challenged him time and
again.
Had It Nip and Tuck.
The race was between the two for the
entire distance. and after Hitshew had
caught Bolac in the early stages of the
race it was nip and tuck between them
until the finish, first one man taking the
lead and then the other. Hitshew finally
won by the small margin of about fifty
yards, the time. one hour, five minutes,
five and one-ffth seconds. being consid-
cred unusually fast Bolac's handicap
was two minutes and twenty seconds.
John J. Campbell of the Memorial Ath
letic Club, with a three-minute handicap,
did what was expected of him and fin
ished third. This Is the youngster who
ran such splendid race in the last
Times-News marathon from Laurel to
Baltimore. He reached third place at the
mile mark and held 1t throughout the
race, finishing with nice burst of speed.
Capt. "Puggy'' Holland of the Country
Club ran one Of the best races of his life,
setting a fast pace at the early stages of
the run and holding it throughout the
distance. He finished in fourth place,
beating out his clubmate, Groome, by but
a few yards.
The Central Y. NJ. C. A. team of Balti-
more, in addition to furnishing the win
ner, showed up we'll with its other
tries, Miller finishing sixth and Linthi-
cum coming In eighth.
New Club Shows Well.
Coach Howard Foley entered several
Of his Memorial Athletic Club men and
they showed up exceedingly well,
especially when the fact is taken into
consideration that this is the first ap-
pearance of representatives from this
club in the running game.
The men finished IN the following order:
/. L: II. Hteshew, Bait Y. NJ. G. A. MINI.
Time. 1:05:0o1s.
2. ]. D. Bolac. W c. c. G. (2:2O).
3. John ]. Campbell. Mem. A. c. g MINI.
4. g. W. Holland. W. G. {. ESQ.
5. NJ. Z. Groome, ". c. G. t2:50).
q. d. Miller. Bait. Y. NJ. G. a. 1:15l
Z. W. Hulfish W. G. C.. (3:20).
S. II. Lnthicum, p. Y. NJ. c. \. 600.
9. w. f. CuKley, W. G. c. 600.
10. G. Keywofth. W. &. G. ,3:4J,.
II. ID. i. Howard. Mem. A. C. (3:25l.
12. NJ. L. Fitzpatrick. W. c. c. c. t:::J0,.
Is. c. ID. Kicker, w. c. c. G. f3:JD,.
Ii. G. n. Brown. W. y. NJ c. \. ,3:45,