New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-17
RUNNING HONORS DIVIDED
Junior Championship Title Won
by MorningSide.
BARDEN FINISHES FIRST
Unattached Entrant Defeats
Field That Includes Strobino
at Van Cortlandt Park.

Tho Morningside Athletic Club Of Har
lem. captured its second team champion
ship banner in the junior national cross
country title run Of the Amateur Athletic
Union, held over the Van Cortlandt Pari
course yesterday. The representatives o.
the young organization, which also wof
the Junior metropolitan honors two weeks
ago, finished five of its eight men Ell
tered in second, third, eighth, ninth ant
tenth places. showing good team running
for the small score OF 80 points.
The Mohawk Athletic Club was agar
the runner-up, with the low total OF y
points, while close on Its heels came th'
Yonkers Young Mems Christian Associa'
ton, with 62 points. The New York Atm
letc Club. lightly represented, and thy
Long Island Athletic Club failed to fnisf
a team. The latter clubs runners were
called out Of the race after the third mile
when Sidney Leslie. one OF It's stronges
members, met with an injury.
Thomas ]. Barden. unattached, rompec
home with the individual honors. His
His time for the six miles was 35 minutes
II seconds. Martin d. Huysmau traiieo
home in second position. showing signs
Of the hard journey. Michael Hughes,
member OF the New York Athletic Club
followed fifty yards In the rear of Hugs
man, with James J. Williams, OF thu
Morningside Athletic Club, in fourth place
a short distance back.
Only thirty-fve of the forty-fve entrants
toed the mark, OF which CASTOR stro'
bino, OF the South Paterson Athletic Club
who cfrried home the colors OF the United
States IN third place In the Olympic
marathon run; Tom Barden and Hugs
man were among the six athletes named
as separate entrants. Strobino, who rar
with one eye bandaged. finished in elev'
enth place.
The intense cold affected Arthur Roth
OF the Mohawk Athletic Club, the Junior
metropolitan champion, who failed to rur
in any semblance OF his true form. The
dlminutive runner was checked eleventh
on the completion OF the first circuit OF
three miles. and on the final lap had over
taken only one more contestant
The junior contest attracted one OF the
largest crowds that has so far gathered
to watch the runners over the beautiful
course, and there were loud cheers fol
Barden when he crossed the finish line
James Z. Sullivan. who acted in the ca
pacity OF a referee. had as his guest
John Taylor. the commissioner OF ath'
letics, OF Pittsburgh. who IS here 10 con-
suit the veteran athletic enthusiast re-
garding the coming indoor national cham
pionships
The athletes shivered on the starting
line, and Mr.. Sullivan did not detair
them a minute. There was mad scram-
bic for the pacing position across tho
polo field. At the one-mile station Mike
Hughes led, with Springsteen. Leslie
Huysman and Barden following closely
on his heels. The lead alternated there
after, Leslie showing In first position
half a mile farther on, with Barden five
yards back and Springsteen, Huysmar
and Hughes punched behind. CominS
down the Aqueduct Hi Leslie stepped
on a stone and fell, turning his ankle
Barden then assumed the commanding
POSITION. urHlHS llt Bpll 'iubN'A'' "
the end OF the first lap Barden led Hugs
man, with Hughes fifty yards behind
Barden completed the first lap OF three
miles IN II minutes 20 seconds.
Turning for the second lap Huysmar
was jostled by policeman on horseback
losing Ave yards. When the second as
cent Of the golf hill was made II wa
seen that Barden was slowly drawinl
away, and he had worked up an ad
vantage OF almost fifty yards when HI
passed the four mile mark. Huysmar
retained second place, with Hughes
twenty yards behind and J. ]. Williams
the Morningside runner, In fourth place
At the four-and a-half- mile point Barber
had increased his lead to more than {
| hundred yards.
During the last mile and a half will
victory in sight. Barden heightened his
| stride and rapidly drew away from the
struggling runners. He turned the ropeC
lane into the stretch alone, but finished
| In hard sprint.
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