New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
RUNNERS FOUNDER
THROUGH ICY WATER
Goodly Field Makes Fine Show
iug Over Stiff Six-Mile Course
al Van COrtlandt Park.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

1tstance OF g trlle over SIX mlles III
tss new figures Of SO minutes and 36
seconds. lettering the time Of 33;43
nsds last week by Nick Gisnskopulos,
Ia Greek, in the junior run.
Pressing Kolehmsinen closely IN the
lat mile, Arthur J. Fogei, the metro
polltsu title holder, finished in second
Lace, about sixty yards back, in S8
niputes and 40 seconds, leading Tom
s,rdsn and George Holden, of Yon-
isrs. by about twenty-five and forty
Yards, respectively.
Tire Irish-American Athletic Club
team. with Kolehmsinen, Fogel, Bar
Ssr and Patrick Flynn as its repre-
ssntstives. won the team honors by an
oysrwhelming margin. First, second,
third. fourth and sixth places went TO
N. Winged Fist Club, for total Of
10 points.
The second team to finish was the
New York Athletic Club, with Hugh
Uonohan, William Horton, II. Acker-
nan. NJ. Hughes and G.. Critchley, Ior
a totsl Of az points, and the runners
o, the Mercury Athletic Club, OF Phil
.dslphia, the only other club 20 brave
the rigors Of the run, in third place,
with total of 60 points.
Holden and David Atwood, of the
New Bedford (Msss0 HaTiers, were
he only individual entries, Holden
rairing fourth place and Atwood be-
irs the last man Of twenty TO finish.
(. was a bitter test for the hardi-
.t Of hill and dale men yesterday.
Wind that chilled to the bone swept
he course, patches Of snow dotted the
hills and the meadow lands, and the
brock over which every man had TO
eycss twice In the two circuits OF the
course was a nightmare OF ley memo
res
n, level stretch, where the men
we're 70 start and finish, was hneo
tzssty deep on each side OF the ropes
fss distance Of 800 yards, by men
and women, when John J. McHugh,
ihs peerless starter, pulled the trigger
q bis trusty revolver that sent the
zsn away. The steep hill half a mile
from the start was dotted with sew
s1l hundred spectators, and the golf
sy who were out on the links at this
point stopped 70 watch the winding
tbs Of runners as they plodded up the
bte;ling heights.
Crowd at the Water Jump.
Perhaps the point most anxiously
sought by the onlookers, however, was
ree-qusrters of q mile from the nm
gh where the water jump was stu
sied This is in marshy land in the MID
de Of g copse Of woods, and here
more than a thousand persons gath
cred and cheered as the hill and dale
men plunged into the icy waters, 70
emerge on the other side streaked
vlih black mud
kolehmsinen wore q heavy brown
jersey over MS running shirt, whereas
many Of the other contestants oraveo
the cold with bare arms. AS the
twenty-five starters waited on the
starting line for the signal, the tinn
stood with q heavy overcoat wrapped
about his muscular legs. He was tax
ing no chances Of getting crsmp and
putting those 1.-the slnevs out OF COM
mission.
The men started OF easily, with
kolehmainen hanging back about IN
the middle Of the pack. Atwood, IN
some manner, got jumbled up with the
crush az the start and fell, describing
complete circle, with mis- head as
tie pivotal point He picked himself
Up quickly and set sail after the
o,hers, but he never succeeded in get
ting Up with the leaders, evidently
having been severely Jared on the
frozen ground.
Half a mile from the start, mount
ing the hill on the golf links, Koleh-
Insinen esssyed 20 take the lead, and
there was none hardy enough 20 dis
p1te the place with him. From that
point on the Finn led the pack 70 the
finish, and az no time seemed 20 be
calling upon his reserve strength.
The crowd in the clump Of woods,
Fhere the brook tinkled in mellow
tones beneath a sheathing Of ice gos-
tamer-like in thinness, set up a shout
Of "Here they COME Koly in the leadl y
ard there. sure enough, came the light
haired man from the north, threading
eh way carefully through the bare un-
derbrush
Arriving a. the brook, Kolehmsinen
varied 20 cross. first at one point, then
ssEo'hsr, seeking the easiest way. For
siissa seconds he kept running up and
eosa The banks Of the stream, plainly
-hsAiing 20 make the icy leap. Twen-
y-aTe feet across was the other side,
hoFever, and finally convincing himself
.H there vas no alternative, tne
IN plunged into the brook.
waist high the water surged up
e,oout his body. and a. he emerged on
ne ether side black mud covered nus
'tgs and clung % mis- sweater. kolen-
nainen smiled, not exactly happliy'
'La vent on bis way.
kolehmainen in Lead.
o.. Close upon his heels came Bsrden'
fiynn, fogel and Holden, the four hav-
lng made Up about seventy yards on
ne leader as he dallied on the stream
lets bank These men made no at
..smpt 20 escape the chilling plunge IN
ifont CT them and leaped in reeklessly,
III the water flying above their heads.
ins held was we'll strung out by TINS
Hine, With Kolshmsinen ever maintain
x nis maehine-like stride and the
next four men holding the pace as best
lesy might Up and over the bill,
Aipnz She high crest Of Mosholu Hill
ano down the winding trail that led
again 70 the water jump the runners
faeeo across the frozen ground.
hoishmainen, strldinR along superb
~ had lead Of about eighty yards
yfsr barden, the second man, with Hol-
efn a. the latter's heels and F0gel a
oozen strides away.
Through the woodland path again the
finD came. brushing aside the tvigs
nat kept sispping him sharply in the
lace, and when he faced the brook the
second time there was no hesitation.
Straight into the water "Eoiv" went