New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
Long Island Athlete Defeats
Strobino for the Junior
National Title.
NEW YORK A. c. TEAM WINS
4 Small Field of Competitors
Finds Van Cortlandt Course
Heavy with Mud.

sidney /. Leslie Of the Long Island
Athletic Club. won the junior national
GROSS country championship run over the
six-milc course at Van Cortlandt PARK
yesterdac. Leslie, always in the van
,aced across the line in finishing sprint
with an advantage of IS yards. His time
was 81 minutes a. seconds.
Castor Strobno, the hero Of the last
Olympic Marathon run, gave futile chase
after Leslie throughout the race and
nshting until the last yard, finished
GOOD second in 81 minutes 40 seconds
The last lap proved a duel for the non
ors between Leslie and Strobno, WIN
The latter trailing his faster opponent
Arthur Roth. the Mohawk Athletic CIuo
renresentative. flashed home in third place
ZOO wards i'm the wake of Strobino. IL
was I,eslle's second championship TINS
year a. he won the junior metropolitan
contest three weeks ago. and hmshed sec
ond i'm the senior event week lateT
against a fast field
The surprise Of the contest was the
moor showing of Willie Kyronen, the Finn'
who. by finishing third in the recent ten
mile national attraction, was considered
strong favorite for the individual honors'
The damp atmosphere and the heavy go
ing undoubtedly affected hyroneh' al
though he finished strong and well WITHIN
himself in fourth place.
Clnh took It's
second championship banner of the sea-
son when it won the point score tropp
as il pleased. with the small total OF 20
points. ]. J. OConnor was in third place
in the team scoring. with II. Honahal''
fourth; NJ. Hughes, fifth; w. j. Horton
sixth. and O. Gibbons, eighth. The LONE
Island and Mohawk Athletic clups' WIN
finished second and third, respecu'ei!'
with total OF AS and 81 points. were
the only two other organizations that en-
tered full teams. The lrish-AmeTlcali
Athletic Club had full team representa-
ton. but only four members competed ana
not one finished.
The competing Of only thlrty-t"o
runners made the field the smallest that
has ever started in national title race
4 steady drizzling rain made the go
ing uncomfortable and heavy ano'
coupled with the cold air. chilled the
scantily clad athletes. Eight falled u
finish the two circuits, each OF three
miles. The unpleasant condition at
tracted only q small crowd TO the start
ing point, and the mounted policemen
had little trouble in keeping overzealous
enthusiasts in check.
When the field had Strengthened it.
self out on the mad dash after the
start. Strobino assumed the lead with
Leslie. second. Roth, third; Gianaco-
pulos. the Greek. fourth, and Kyronen'
NTH. Leslie showed the way going up
the hill OF the golf links, and when the
summit was reached Strobino went into
tho lead. As the field struck the
macadam roads. the lead changed fire.
quently, with Leslie doing the bulk of
the pace setting. The field then kept
well together, and at the end of the
FIRST lap Strobino was leading the
grouped runners, with Leslie second
and OConnor third, on each others
heels. Roth followed some ten yards be-
hind, while in turn came Gianacopulos'
Kyronen, a. ]. Fogel, Of the Irish
American Club; Hughes and Biddle, OF
the Mohawk's. Strobino was timed in
Il minutes seconds for the first three
miles.
The three leaders kept punched on as
cending the hill again, but when the
heavy GianacOpulos approached it, he
thought a second time and decided to
quit. When Leslie and Strobino reached
the top, the first named decided to chal-
lenge his short rival to sprint. The
Long Island runner managed 10 gain
a slight lead of ten yards on Strobino,
but the latter kept close behind until the
two runners stepped upon the heavy
turf. in the final quarter-mile dash
Leslie then unleashed himself, and
gradually succeeded in opening up the
gap that separated him from Strobino.
Entering the final stretch, the Long
Island runner held a lead of fifteen
yards, and although Strobino tried hard
10 catch his opponent, Leslie was able
TO increase the advantage ten more
Yards.
Bert Brewer. of the New York
Athletic Club, who was one of the in
dividual starters, took bad fall on
the soft ground, and although his side
was slightly scraped, he continued on,
20 finish in nineteenth place.
The summaries follow:
Pos Name and club limo.
i-sidney L. Leslie, Long Island A. c. - AZ