The Washington times., 1911-05-13

Shave, Charles C. Messner. Joseph r.
Smith, jr., Henry Reuter-. Edward L.
Butler, and John c. Smith OF the Bal
timore Cross Country Club; WlDur
Lawton and Thomas J. Hagner, OF 81.
Andrews gymnasium; William 9. HOW
Eisenhardt of the Fifth Regiment Ath-
letic Association; Charles Swansberry,
Clifton Phipps, and H. Albert Phipps;
of the Baltimore Running CLUB; James
L. Clifford. of Hamilton County Slup; /;
Joseph ]. Ccallco, Of Lakewood Clup'
and L. Becker. unattached.
Hot Weather Wearing.
The hot weather began to show its
effects upon the men in less than mile
out Of Laurel They got away from the
Laurel Hotel solidly, and as far as they
were In sight they were still running In
almost a phalanx. But little by little
the weaker began to lag, the stronger
to forge ahead. and the widely variant
degrees of srurdiness quickly MADE
themselves manifest in a gradually
their sweating shoulders and arms gliS-
tening under sunlight that grew more
intense as the morning clouds were dis
PEELED under rising north wind.
The first stretch to Beltsville led away
over a good road, but even upon that
the men became scattered. When they
had reached a stretch of heavy roadway
round about Contee, there were long
gaps even between the little clusters
Of the leaders. Among the trailers the
separations were almost cruel crog-
gon. of the Washington Y. NJ. c. A.,
and Dickinson, of the Washington Cross
Country Club; Fred Reeves, Solan, En-
lers. Ttntte, Houdeshel. and Scharfe,
OF Baltimore, were so far back In the
first stretch that they were practically
out of the running. McCusker had
dropped out at Contee crossing with q
sprained ankle.
Elphinstone Runs to Form.
Elphinstone, picked by Baltimore as
a sure winer, was running ito form. "
He made the pace. Hullfish, of Wash
ington Y. NJ. GA, was running strong
second through all the early Fart of
the race. and he passed the Beltsville
checking station just a little behind
Elphinstone. Bolac, of Washington,
who was number in the lists, and had
got what slight advantage the massy
start afforded, was third at Beltsville.
Kelley, O'Callaghan, Danny Miller.
Hlteshaw and Geller., a strong favorite,
were In the nearest bunch.
Over the ten-mile stretch from Belts
Vile TO Hyattsville, the leaders main
tatned their respective positions. FL
phtnstone being first; Hullfish. second.
and Bolac, third. Elphinstone was in
the lead by about quarter of a mile
when the runners passed through Col
lege Park, but from College Park to Hy-
attsville he showed that he was holding
out better than either Hullflsh or Bolac
by consistently widening the gap be-
. tween his nearest contestant.
At College Park. McCusker, who was
picked up by one OF the emergency au-
tomobiles at Contee, where he sprained
his ankle, received treatment from the
doctors. and was brought on into Wash
ington. Several hundred of the cadets
at the Maryland Agricultural College
lined the course of the run and cheered
the contestants.
Most of those wo did not stay in the
race dropped out between Beltsvtlle and
Hyattsville. The distance between the
leaders and the stragglers had lengthen-
ed to three miles by the time Elphin-
stone passed through Hyattsville at II 81
o'clock.
Kelley Makes Gain.
Kelley made a material gain on the
leaders by taking a slow easy gait until
within five miles of the goal When
Hullfish and Bolac dropped out he took
second place. O'Callaghan. another
Baltimore man, proved a surprise by
staying in the first division. He has
| On both sides Of the road along the
entire course Of the run people eheered
the runners. Many of them brought
pals of water. and some provided lem
onade for the hot. dusty aspirants
There was no discrimination. All were
treated alike. Some of the runners. al
most ready too drop from fatigue. were
given shower baths with buckets OF
water.
Many Of the little children shouted
shrill words of encouragement, and
waved flags as they cheered- Even the
ragglers were cheered on. and told tC
stick it out"
Hullfish Weakens.
Running steadily and maintaining al
most the same pace. Elphinstone had
the race well in hand before reaching
Hyattsville. Hullfsh was about 30
yards back Of him, but was losing stead
lily. 1t was clear that he was weak
ening. Bolac, who up to this time hao
maintained third position after he lost
first place at Beltsville, almost col
! lapsed at Hyattsville and asked to b,
taken into one of the automobiles. Hi!
seconds, however, urged him to keep W
the race.
After leaving Bladensburg the pac,
began to tell and Elphinstone took Il
walking. He was so far in the lead
him, and he had a good opportunity Il
rest. At Fifteenth and H streets there
was a big crowd. Elphinstone plunged
his head into horse trough and, some
what revived, started out on dog trot