Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
KRAMER WINNER
OF BERWICK RACE
National CrOss-COuntry Cham-
piOn Makes Good Time Over
Difficult Course.
CONNOLLY WINS PRU RACE

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William Kramer. national cross
country champion, yesterday won the
sixth annual Berwick marathon race,
covering the nine miles and 500 yards
OF what is considered the country $
hardest marathon course in the re-
markable time of 4s minutes and
3S seconds. and breaking last years
record of Harry Smith, of New York,
who finished third to Kramer, by
SO 40 seconds. Twenty-Five of fell
of twenty-seven starters, included
among whom were the eountry's best
known long distance men, finished the
race, but the sensation of the Gay
was sixteen year-old Harold Ridell,
of Berwick, who captured both the
State and local prizes by finishing
thirteenth and beating some of New
England's star long-distance men.
With an international aspect given
to it through the competition OF
Percy Wyer, a youngster from
Toronto. the annual long distance
footrace held by the Mercury A. c.,
of Yonkers, developed into a hard
fought contest.
A Greek named Nick Gianicopolis,
formerly aligned with the Mercurys.
accounted for the winning honors,
over the route travelled, fifteen miles,
In l hour SO minutes II seconds, with
the youthful Canadian second, IS
seconds back Harry Halawell Of
the New York Athletic Club, the Pat
erson lad, who performed SO well
for America in the last Olympic
games across country, finished In
third place.
The University Of Pennsylvania
freshmen cross-country team defeated
the Cornell first year men in their
annual race by the score Ct 19 to 40.
Flooding at consistently fast
pace over ten miles of Hill and dale.
Clifton c.. Horne, of Haverhill, yes
terday won the New England anna
teur cross-country championship from
fast field. Hornets time was 55:47,
BY a margin Of two feet, Wilson /.
Adams, of the Montclair Y. M. c. A
failed to win a trophy donated By
his father. w. I. L. Adams, to the
Montclair yesterday. in which teams
from the Y. NJ. C. A, the Bloomfield
High School, the Essex A. c., Of
Montclair, and Caldwell A. C. COM
peted. Eddie Garlock, captain of the
Bloomfield team, was the winner OF
the race, finishing the three-and-a-
half-mile course in 10 minutes, with
Adams second. j. Cook, team
mate of Garlock, was third. The Y.
M. C. A. team was the better bal
anced entry and won the point
trophy with q points. Bloomfield
High was second with 81 points. The
first twelve TO finish We're as follows:
e. Gariock, Bloomfield High: w. l.
Adams, Montclair Y. M. c. A; j.
Cook, Bloomfield High: W. Fletcher,
Montclair Y. NJ. C. A., L. Dorothy
Bloomfield High; w. e. Scheffler. w.
Coils, Arthur Scheffler and Andrew
Pansini, of the Montclair Y. NJ. C. A.;
l.. Temple, Bloomfield High, and +.
Weisenstein and John Freeman,
Montclair Y. NJ. c. A,
| Perry, of Missouri University, won
the five-and -one-quarter- mile ruiz
yesterday, given under the auspices
of, the Kansas City Athletic Club at
Kansas City. His time was 20 min
utes 6 '3-5 seconds. Finley, of Mis-
souri, University, finished second !;
Dewalt, a seyenteen-year-o lad of
Kansas University, who finished
third, led the field for five miles.
Conceded the most generous handi-
cap of one minute and thirty seconds.
AL Rosander,. Swedish runner Of
the Morningside Athletic Club of
New York, won the five-mile street
and cross country, race of the Meadow
Brook Club yesterday at Philadelphia
from $50 athletes of the Middle At
lantic States. Rosander ran so well
that he finished third in the actual
time His victory, while a surprise
to the officials, was not very much
of a surprise. to the New York run
rters In the race, as they picked him
for the. winner just as soon as they
heard the handicap that was given
him. Rosander appeared last year on
two occasions, finishing fifth in st.
Patrick's A. A. run on his first visit
and fourth in the Meadow Brook
two-mile run on his second journey
to Philadelphia. This run marked
the opening of the hill-and-dale sea-
son at Philadelphia and attracted
many thousands of persons.
Dave Noble, who sports the colors
of the New York Athletic Club, in
open competition was the scratch
man in the annual four-mile road
run, closed to the members of Cen
trail Y. nj. c. A., of New York, which
was contested on. the paths surround
ing Prospect Park Brooklyn. yestcr-
day. He conceded liberal handicaps
to his eliminates and finished in
fourth place. He was awarded the
time prize for his efforts, covering
the distance in 20 minutes Is sec
onds.
Curtis Thomas won the third an
nual ss-couptry run held under
the auspices of the local Y. M. G. A.
at York, Pa, yesterday. The distance
was five miles and the winners time
was IS minutes and "a seconds.
George Mcdonnell was second and
Percy Andrews third.
Henry Hemple duplicated his per
Torrance OF last year and again won
the annual five-mjle street run yes