New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
WINGED FOOT TEAM WINS
Junior 'Cross-C Country Honors Go
to N. Y. A. c. Runners.
JOHANNSEN INDIVIDUAL STAR
Irish American Athlete Heads
Speeding Pack Almost the
Entire Distance.

Represented by sturdy group Of run.
ners the New York Athletic Club. with the
excellent score OF SO points. captured the
annual Junior national 'cross-country cham.
p.onshp Of the Amateur Athletic Union.
held over a course near Celtic Park. Long
Island CITY, yesterday The Winged Foot
organization men finished in second, fourth.
seventh. ninth and eleventh positions. The
Irish-American Athletic Club, SIS ancient
rival felt the sting Of defeat. but got sec.
ond honors. with 80 points Tho Mercury
Athletic Club. Of Yonkers. was third. with
e7 points. with the Yonkers Young Men,
Christian Association Mohawk Athletlc
| Club and the Long Island Athletic Club fol.
lowing in that order.
| field Of fifty distance athletes repre-
senting seven metropolitan clubs, along with
eleven individual entrants. who sought ind.
vidual laurels. toed the mark
Frank W. Johannsen. a rangy Sweds,
who was recruited by the Trish-American
Athletic Club a short time ago. easily
headed the pack throughout almost the en-.
tire distance. winning by the wide margin
! Of 40 yards His time was 35:57i-t.
Harry r. Helawell. the Paterson runner
of the New York Athletic Club. as a result
Of some fast running in the last two cir.
cults Of the trail, finished in second place
His time was IS: Russell Springsieen,
member Of the Yonkers Young Mems
Christian Association. which captured the
team honors in last years event was third
trailing two hundred yards IN the wake Of
| Helawel
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ca ptured many lsurels In his native land
gave brilliant exhibition. His long stride
covered much ground. After ne had as.
sumed the pacing position. shortly after the
start. he never relnquished n.
The circuit one mile and seventy
yards. which the athletes were compelled
to traverse six times. better test would
| have been hard TO find. as the competitors
were confronted by steep hills, rough and
uneven ground and many bunkers 70
hurdle. and had TO be on the alert To escape
taking bad header good crowd ~
spectators witnessed the affair from the
| park while a large gathering surrounded
the stone wall at tho half way mark d.
rectlv opposite the track.
! At the start there was q scramble for N.
leadership. o. De Grouchey and Dave
! Noble. IF the New York Athletic Club
led the speeding field out OF the gate. bu,
were soon supplanted by Johannsen Harry
J. Smith. OF the Pastime Athletic Club
and Martin D Huysman another Irish
entry Johannsen finished the FIRST lap in
5 23. being closely pursued by Smith. Huys-
man. Nelson. springsteen and George
| Critchlev, Of the Travers Island Club
Huysman moved into second place az the
completion OF the second lap, Johannsen
having ten-yard lead on him. Johannsen
ran along ar good speed, never faltering
| On the steep incline in the rear Of the
park he continued to increase his margin
over Huysman. a space Of seventy-hve
Yards separating the two at the end OF the
| third lap.
Hellawell made himself prominent on this
circuit moving into third place, being
paced by Springsteen. who was still run
ming we'll De Grouchey and H. Baker Of
the New York club, found the pace too e1'
hausting and retired from the race The
passing OF Huysman by Hellawell white
ascending the middle hill was the feature
Of the fourth lap. and many onlookers be-
ieved that Hellawell would soon overtase
the Swede. who was then seventy yards in
front Of him. The latter completed the lap
| In 23:59l-5 with Hellawel second and
Huysman third. The field was we'll strung
out. Johannsen being a full half lap I'm adj
vance of the last runner
Johannsen retained his lead IN the next
two laps. showing no outward signs OF the
effect of the severe pace Entering on the
final circuit he heightened his stride
sprinting the last one hundred yards. TO
show that he still had lot In reserve.
Interest then centred on the team honors
but the New York Athletic Club men, led
by Hellawell, soon settled the outlook by
finishing five men in the first eleven across
| the finish
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