The Washington herald., 1911-02-23
BALTIMORE STARS
MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
Capture All Four Prizes in
CrOss-cOuntry Race.
H. C. ELPHINsTONE IN FRONT
Gets Away to Early Lead, and Is
Never Headed-Team Sets New
Mark for Low Score in Cross Coun-
try Run Here-BOIac and HuIIfsh
Do WeIl-Course Is Heavy.
By n. +. wORLEY,


Taking the lead at the start and main
tanning it throughout, Henry c. Elphin-
stone, running under the Colors of the
Baltimore Cross Country Club, won the
third annual cross-country championship
OF the South Atlantic Association of the
Ameteur Athletic Union, over the Bright
wood course yesterday afternoon, doing
the 61-4 miles in SO minutes and 40 sec
onds.
Two of his team mates, John Y. Kelley
and L. A. Geller, captured second and
third, respectively, thereby making it a
clean sweep for the Oriole athletes, as
the team landed the club trophy.
ElphinstOne had expected hard race,
due 20 tie fact that two other athletes
of note were scheduled to run, i. e., John
g. SteCker, of the Washington Y. NJ.
&c. A, and r. c. Lee, of Johns Hopkins
University, but neither of these boys ap-
pearc d, and the race was a clear walk
away for the Baltimore Cross Country
Club leader. Elphinstone got off in front
at the crack of the pistol, and after the
first half mile was well in the lead. He
: kept up a steady pace throughout the
race and the only runners TO push him
were his own club. the contest develop
ing into fight between EIphinstone,
Kelley, and Geller for the medals.
II. G. Hullfsh. of the Washington Cross
Country Club. who finished fourth, was
full minute behind the winner, and
was all in when he crossed the tape,
requiring the services of a doctor
Elphinstone finished as we'll, from out
ward appearances. as when he started,
and could probably have run the distance
again without any trouble.
Attempt TO Catch Leaders,
Bolac and Hullfsh both ran a plucky
race, doing all in their power to over
come the lead of the out-of-town run
ners. but by pressing those in front too
early in the race. both of these lads
were too exhausted to do any sprinting
when the proper time arrived. and con-
sequentIy the finish was without sensa-
ton of any kind.
After quite a delay in starting, forty
of the forty-fivNe men entered in the race
lined up across the road and sped away
across country like a flock of geese. At
the half mile they were well punched
and it was hard to pick winner. When
the three-mile mark was passed and the
athhteS started on their second lap over
the course. ElphinstOne was we'll in the
lead. followed by Kelley and Geller, of
his own team. and II. G. Hullfish and
Bolac, of the Washington Cross Country
Club. J. n. Geipe, of the Baltimore
Cross Country Club, and Z. ]. Mccall. of
the Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A, trailed after
in the order named.
Before the finish was reached. Kelley
passed Geller. and Mccall passed Geipe
by a sprint just at the bottom of the
last hill before turning into the final
stretch.
Thirty of the forty to start finished.
seven dropping out at the first turn.
They were ~ Z. Carson and John Nc
Laurine of the Fifth Regiment: H. T.
Reuter- of the Baltimore Cross Country
Club; G. r. Kicker and II. w. Benton,
of the Washington Cross Country Club;
r. O. Dakin. of the Standard \. c., and
Howard B. Ricketts,, of the Washington
Y. NJ. c. A.
Athletes Have Heavy Course.
The course was heavy. most of the road
being very muddy. This, together with
the fact that Elphinstone was not pushed
hard, probably accounts for the poor
time made, last years race being won in
three minutes less time. From the spec
tatOrs' viewpoint, the race was a very
good one. in spite of the absence of any
sensational finishes. Those whose duties
made it necessary for them to be in the
however, went away with a new idea of
what mud really was like.
Fully 1000 people thronged the course,
and the crowd around the finish line was
so great as to threaten seriously to in
terfere with the work of the officials and
to handicap the runners as they raced
up the road. Despite this, the race was
probably the best that has been pulled
off in this city, in view of the existing
conditions.
new mark was set by the Baltimore
Cross Country Club in winning the team
prize. with a total of u points, that be-
ing the lowest score ever made in Wash
ington. The points which counted for the
team prize for the winners were first,
second, third, and seventh places. Wash
ington CrOss-country runners finished in
fourth, fifth, ninth. and tenth places,
with a total team score of %, while third
place among the teams went to the Fifth
Regiment, with a score of n, their men
finishing twelfth, eighteenth, twenty-sec-
ond, and twenty-fifth.
The order in which the men finished
and the official time is given below: