New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
MORRIS HIGH LEADS
BIG SCHOOL PACK
Wins 'CrOSS-Country Title Over
Stiff Course for Second
Year in a Row.
KEOUGH SHOWS THE WAY
Makes Most of the Pace and
Lasts Long Enough to Stall
OF Desperate Sprint
by Douglass.

Morris THch School romned away with
tho irterecholastic 'cross-country cham
pionslfp run. which was held at Van
CortIandt Park yesterday afternoon The
Bron> boys finished with tue remarkably
low score Of Sc points almost one-half the
total made ay De Witt Clinton. which
was second. with go points. Commercial
High school of Brooklyn was third and
the High school of Commerce. Manhat-
tan. Fourth. In the race for team hon.
ors Morris duplicated it's victory OF q
year ago. when il won with a score of
IS points.
Paul Neough, Of Morris High. set "a tor
rife pace from the start and won almost
as be pleased after holding the lead
from tho crack of the sun. Keoueh was
second in tho run held year ago al Gel
tic PARK. and scored IN the Princeton and
Columbia interscholaStic runs this fall.
Veg. of Clinton. was second for the
greater part Of the distance. but tired
badly r. the final half mile and was un-
able to finish better than fourteenth.
Douglass. Of he Witt Clinton. ran we'll
and raced into. second place when Veg
began to drop back. Graney, Of Com
mercial. was third. and Moriarty. the
only boy entered from Richmond High
School. fourth.
More than FIVE thousand persons gath
cred on the polo field at the park at the
hour set for the start. but not an official
was in evidence when the boys came out
OF their dressing rooms. and the high
school games committee and the instruc-
tors in the various schools We're at
loss. The games COMM ttee had imme-
date supervision over the contest and
understood that DR.. G. Ward Champion.
Of the Public Schools Athletic League.
had assigned officials for the run DIT.
Champion. however, had sent the Public
Schools Athletic League inspectors. VINO
usually oficia.e at the schoolboy run. TO
the evening high school games at Celtic
Park lie said that he had received no
notification from the games committee
that officials were needed for the run
and acted accordingly.
Afterfa delay of q few minutes the
committee took the matter in charge
and appointed Judges and scorers from
among the newspaper reporters who
we're ON hand. and Park Commissioner
Higgins. Of The Bronx, directed "a
mounted policeman 10 lead the runners
over the course and show the way, as
even that necessity had not been at
tended TO. When at last all was ready
the seNeuty-four boys lined up and
sprinted across the polo field when the
gun Was fired.
Keough was the frSt to reach the bridge
over the lake, and sped across and on up
the golf links hill. with Veg night at his
heels and Douglass and MOriarty well up
some fifty yards ahead Of the pack.
Keough and Veg increased their lead
over Douglass at the turn AZ Gun Hlu
Road ana STATED north some forty yards
in the lead. The Old Croton Aqueduct
Road afforded tine footing, although 10
spots IL was soft from the recent rains.
Keough. running with perfect stride
made the pace all the way up the back
trail and fought off Weg's occasional chal-
lenges with spurts that sent him into
ffteeu-yard lead when he emerged from
the thicket and followed the path down
TO and across the railroad.
Il was al this point that Veg began to
weaken. and before he reached the polo
field be had fallen behind Douglass.
Graney. Of Commercial. then came through
with a sim sprint and passed Moriarity
and soon overlook Veg, who almost gave
up altogether and walked toward the nm
ish. Meanwhile. Douglass had set out af-
ter eKough. Midway across the polo field
he had some atty OF sixty yards 20 make
NJ. but he came with such a wonderful
sprint that he closed up the gap and
crossed the line barely dozen yards
behind the winner.
An unknown lad Of not more than twelve
years. who would not tell who ne was or
where he from. ran every inch Of the
course and finished about thirty-hfth He
was a sturdy little chap and plodded along
as well as a great many boys half as
old again. We wore a dark red jersey
and ran like a veteran. Commissioner
Higgins tried to get him 70 tell his name.
but he only blushed and hurried away
crossing Broadway and climbing the hill
IN the direction Of the private schools at
Fieldston.