Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-29
v. KOHLEMA|NEN IS
Off FOR SCOTLAND
Professional Champion Sails to
Compete in Powder Hall
Marathon.
ATHLETIC NEWS IN NOTES

Willie Kohlemainen, the profess
sionai champion distance runner. will
sail for Scotland today. He will make
Edinburgh his headquarters in his
preparation for the Powderhall New
Years race at fifteen miles. in which
he will meet, among others Hans
Holmer, the West Farms Express
who has been beating all corners
abroad.
Four teams will meet today at Van
Cortlandt Park, New York, in the
Junior cross-country championship of
the A. A. u. Honors are expected to
go to the New York A. c., which cap
tured the junior metropolitan event,
and VII be represented by prac-
tically the same team. Sid Leslie, of
the Long Island A. c., Is the favorite
for individual honors, but may meet
with a surpr Sc from w. Kyronen.
The young Finn has been training
especially for the event with the
Kohlemainens, and is expected to show
improvement over his recent races.
Springstein and Holden, of Yonkers,
are other formidable contestants.
]. Fitzgerald, the Pacific coast pro
fessional champion, outdistanced a
large field of runners in the weekly
road race of the Greek-American
A. C., held last night over course
measuring four and three-quarters
miles. The Western runner started
from the clubhouse thirty seconds
after the last runner had been sent
on his way, and finished three min
utes ahead of c. Molinos, a Greek
American athlete, in the excellent
time of 23m. 22s. Molinos's time was
27m. Is, while j. Jorio running I'M
attached, was third, in 27m. 30s.
The Eighth Artillery A. A. VII hold
series of athletic events tonight In
the armory at Park avenue and
Ninety-fourth street. The events will
include 60-yard, 220-yard and one-mile
runs, all handicaps; 600-yard run for
novices. one-mile walk, running high
jump and one-mile fntercompany re-
lay race.
The indoor track and field meet of
the Conference teams will be preceded
by large number OF dual meets this
year, as will the outdoor champion
ship which will be held June G. The
dates announced follow: January 81,
Northeastern at Chicago; February
IA, Chicago at Purdue; February 81,
Purdue at Northwestern, March II,
Chicago at Northwestern; March 20,
swimming championships, Evanston;
March 81, indoor track and field cham
pionships, Evanston; May 2, Illinois
at Purdue; Lake Forest at North
western; May O. Northwestern at
Chicago, Ohio State at Purdue, Illi-
nois at Wisconsin: May IA, Illinois at
Purdue; May IS. Indiana at Purdue;
liza at Asskh
western at Indiana; June 6, outdoor
track and field championships.
Michigan has had so many long
distance runners of quality that the
cross country team entered from Ann
Arhor in the Intercollegiate cham
pionship was looked upon by some
followers of the sport as a possible
dark forse, and yet the Wolverines
flushed In twelfth place How well
they kept together can be judged by
the order of finish--6l, g. 66, So, TO-
good team work for q slow race.
There was a time when Michigan
had a very thriving cross-country
club with something like It's mem
hers. IT was SO strong that 1t had
It's own officers apart from the con-
troll of the track team. Cornell has
had such club for years, and last
year one was formed at Princeton.
"Peewee'' athletes OF high class
have not been uncommon in sports of
all kinds. "Al" COPELAND, remarka-
bly, versatile man, was one; so was
Eddie Bloss. and Al Shrubb, too,
would qualify in the Brownie" class.
Captain ID. s. Morrison, of the
I rinceton cross-country team, who
finished up among the leaders in the
recent intercollegiate championship,
Is another. The Tiger runner weighs
only ia pounds. He ought to carry
ballast on windy day. Morris n
W. uld lave been an easy winner n
the Yale-Princeton dual run, but he
slowed down to give Barnett, lis
teanimate, his varsity letter.