New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
SCOTS TEN-M|LE T|TLE|
South Paterson A. c. Runner
Wins at Celtic Park.
KRAMER IN SECOND PLACE
Doughty Win" Bailey, Last
Years Champion, Forced to
Retire, Along with Collins.

Louis Scott. the clever distance runner ot
the South Paterson Athletic club. raced
60 a well won victory in the ten-lnile ma
tional championship. held AZ Celtic Park
yesterday afternoon. In a sensational
sprint. which carried him out of the reach
OF his laboring opponents. the 1.-THE lim5ed
Jersey boy breasted the tape winner by
twenty-five yards from Willie Kramer. Of
the Long Island Athletic Club. who Ia turn
was yards ahead Of Harry Smith, OF the
Pastlme Athletic Club, who made plUcky
effort all the way and led for tie create"
part OF the race. Scotts time was s. mill
utes % 2-5 seconds. somewhat less than one
minute behind the record held by GeorGe
Bonhag, and established IN 1913 over ;he
same course.
The race between Scott Kramer and
Smith was one Of the prettiest seen in many
a long day. For the greater part OF I'VE
and one-half miles the sturdy runners
raced stride for stride. while the veterans
OF other days labored far IN the ruck. un-
able 10 hold the pace. John j. Daily, the
Galway Hsrrier, ran good race for SIX
and one-half miles. but the burning pace
cracked the Galway man, and at the SIX
end three-ouarter miles lie lcft the track
TO those who would and retired
win" Bailey. the champion Of last year
came all the way from Montreal TO wear
the Winged Foot Of the New York Athletic
Club. but the little champion found his
match I'm the young bloo-. and he tossed
up the sponge after running a far race
for five miles At no time Was Bailey m
commanding position. Fred Bellars, once
q mainstay OF the New York Athletic club,
lasted one-half a mile longer than Bailey
and he and Tom Collins. of the lrish-Amer-
ican Athletic club. LETT the track ct I'VE
and one-half miles.
Scott ran race worthy OF any ch""-
pion. and tho scanty crowd Of fVe hnnored
persons. who sat in the bleal, stands ana
shiyered while q biting wind from the norto-
west swept over the course cheereo nm 10
the echo as his wonderful spurt carried nm
tC the title During the early stages 81
tho tourney Scott Jay back and took tAe
pace of the pack. out never showed i'm the
van until the NTH mile. when. for a niue
loss than three hundred yards his black
Jersey rlazed tho trali. II was not his par
bose 10 set the pace. and in the sixth mi2
he dropped back to let smith, DAILY an
Kramer battle for the lead
The seventh mile marked the real open
ing of the battle for supremacy between
the three leaders Smith held on to the
lead. while Kramer would not be passed for
second position. II was evidently not
troubling Scott to anV degree, and Swinging
along easily he raced a scant half stride
in the rear Here he remained until the
ninth mile when he swung out and passed
Kramer for the place. The latter was
loath TO take the dust and, crowdine on
power. jumped the trims Smith ard TN
corkcd his spurt. lie led for u lap, pdt
II was easily to be seen that Scott was
running well within himself and, barring
an accident. would win the race.
Coming around on the last lap Scott drew
up almost even with Kramer, and as the
gun barked out the last lap scott showed
ito crowd what real running was. Length
oning his stride he threw his last energy
into the spurt that carried him Gway from
his opponents yards al a time on the
backstretch he left kramer far in the ruck
and the latter in turn soon distanced Smith,
who was run completely out and losing
ground rapidly. Rounding the last turn
scott put out one more spurt, and although
Kramer sprnted in hot pursuit Scott had
the race won. and came down ahead by
about 25 yards. Smith was pressed TO the
limit 10y Hugh Mcclure, who ran unat-
tached and the Pastime athlete took third
honors by less than three yards.
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