The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01
REM WINS IN WALK,
; IS CLOSE TO RECORD
.,nrd, Mohawk Man Defeats
Rrmcr in Stirring Race
for \. \. I. Title.
roI.ElIMAINEN TAKES RUN

4 ..t- tta't IdIl when he won the
..t. N.'..ug championship ~ the
D. utn Field In "a minutes
Y =. seconds only 9 AS seconds slower
.... American record made by Il. Il.
..-. ~ I.s,uu thrty-fOur years ago.
.,...,. distressed about tho middle of
i.arr, tho Mohawk man finished
A.. .,t.a .r his face. with sufficient
,s..-ys r, .uW,r tho record II he had
.r.i.,l uu 20 go So to win the race.
r,s-. ,,.r. 600 persons at the track
.,.-.l o., tu. columbia University
..tdiogs fo s., tho long distance walk
sv.-' and the ten mile running cham
.,.,.p Uy flr the greater portion OF
..,,... 'o -.r the run In which Hannes
..,r.,.r,u made his temperance after
-.tt abroad This race was chiefly
.,.vo..'y f.r pointing out the supe-
.l,. ~ ',rs su.rs over American dis
...,. rv.rcfs Finland took FIRST and
..orl places. with l<olehmaincn and W.
....orcu. Whit Grccce supplied the third
man IN tho bulky Gianakopulos.
IA racing spectacle rs well M from
. Tim, standpoint the walk. strange to
say ,VO-N,d IN" run. kolehmainen.
.op-b be- retained his title won a year
q, showed nothing like tho life and style
which h. has displayed In his previous
,-o-,s His time WAS 80 minutes ~ as
seconds more than two minutes slower
s,n the worlds record. held by Alfred
-s-pbb and At no time IN the race was
b. slowing form to equal his performance
"a year ago. when he made the Ameri-
e.n record OF 81 O3 2-5. For the last
,vo miles ~ the journey Kolehmainen
.or,,nted himself with trotting along a
ian ahead OF his fellow Finn and cut
hose only IN the last lap to win by a
lt,,e less than 500 yards Gianakopu-
o. was about TIL same distance behind
Kyr5neu.
No better conditions could have been
,ished f9r the decision OF the two races,
! Nm, IN tire ten mile run the element OF
r,rra,ltou was lacking long before the
h,t way mark while in the walk II was
10, until the last mile that REM dem
ors.-a.,d his superiority over DICK Remer
20 .hs Irish American 4. G.. who had
,,nh,.'rd q long. stern chase with pluck
I'd d,,arw nation that deserved n better
ATE The immense Improvement made
hv Amer can walkers in the past year or
,7. was proved further by the beating
! administered 90 the previous champions
n fred Kaiser Of the New York A. G.. who
vas champion until yesterday. finished
rrd. more than lap behind the winner,
nd A Vocl'meke. the titleholder OF 1919,
vas taken OF hy the judges after wabhling
l5.g a. 400 unfair gait for four and "A
quarter miles long way behind the
leader,
With the STYLE Of the first and second
mon no fault could he found They moved
With ia.r heel and toe stride and with
..les erect from start to finish Kaiser
walked Rt, until toward the end, when
10 became tired but the method OF pro-
r--ssuu gi r Z. Plant, the fourth man,
'toggh D., satisfied the Judges. met with
elections from many expert spectators.
Fred HIM. who competed as unattached,
Fa' said 20 be pupil or the worlds
champ DID, Gouldlng of Canada He walked
sqlara,y hgt showed nothing like the
,teed ~ 1s mentor and dropped out after
Few miles
REM found many critics when he
started ont az pace that carried him
quickly away from tho rest OF the field.
To let him die in front seemed the policy
u the other cracks for in the first mile
the Mohawk man was allowed to take a
2. lead ~ forty yards. lie covered the frs,
nile IN 7'26 80 and at that stage Frank
apart behind him. with Remer Ave yards
,riher back REM kept digging in FOR
- next mile and when II was completed
" lil2 30 ne was 100 Yards ahead OF
he quartet tnhlng along In his rear.
Eouer broke away from the second
bunch then and began to pick up on the
leader II VAS hard work gaining on
ne walking machine In front. but Remer
'rew quickly away from Kaiser and the
st l. Nar do N front
%. mo 1918 champion AT three miles and
Ehty Yards behind REM.
IN The next mile Remer cut Renz's lead
J" ni'y yards and IS the leader showed
Ss'S of ih" early paCemaking the crowd
~gan ~ cheer the determined gray
rod irish American who was chasing
I'm The cheers spurred on Remer, 70
'a lap by lap he cut down the gap and
al ~" miles h." was only five yards "a
ne Dad, with the Impression general that
~ would win. That was rs near as
hrfner got Z" victory, however, for REM
Hma 20 life i'm astonishing fashion as
'''n AS Poo was threatened and, lengths n
ING ont his stride Increased his lead
10 twenty five Yards in the next quarter
o' mile. That satisfied him until the
'ra NJ the sixth mile Then, with victory
ASSURED his confidence and speed returned
smile wroathed his face as he crep'
'N'htr and further away and he wa'
p1N'lei} laughing when he passed the
!Afre N.u1er 10y 100 yards. Remer was
lans 70 the end, but his squirt In
middle o' the race had taken all the
.e2m our ~ him when he finished The
urf nv" men received medals from the
MAKERS club Of America for finishing
N"ln lH" hour Only two others were
timed
A. th" start of the ten mile run tbs
nteeN dd his utmost to try out the speed
o. N" champion Finn. He camped or
h',enma.ueu'S track for tho first mile
ana tho pair left Kyronen ten yards be
una II took only another mile for ko
-.ma'1en 10 r~ove the superiority OF th'
,'hsn log muscles over those of th'
""'''n iFp" The champion led 10y
vents -iy" yards then In Q SO 80. Thi'
WIS 70 fraction over l2 seconds slower
tao time uf Shruhb when he made th'
'TH 4 record, ana there was nope tina
N''hw linen might gather the honor he
ITO '" end Of the ten miles This wa
uttered quickly when he lost about II
Fls more In the next mile and KEEP
n.nF ground thereafter Kyronen passed
'''th'a.os Just before the three mil,
mNn'n Al six miles and half Koleh
.o'H Tapped the Greek, and anothe
7 'a''r ho caught his countryman, Con
""'el with this lead Koehmaln,l Iogges
eng W'Il ne cut loose with n sprint II
Z ns lap. Eleven men earned tho a
medal FOR finishing the distance In
sue ~ minutes The order ~ finish;
J. sENEN MILE WALK CHAMPIONSHIP,
Time
:" Name ana club. I'M. $.