The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
SLENDER FOGEL WINS
over HUSKIER RIVALS
OutfOots Gianakopulos on Last
Turn in Cross-COuntry for
Junior Title.
IRISH TEAM SUCCESSFUL

Both Individual and team honors in the
Junior CROSS country championship of the
Metropolitan Association at Van Cortlandt
Park yesterday fell to the irish American
A. c. In each instance the result was
more or less OF a surprise. for A. j.
Fogel, tho victorious wearer of the winged
fist, who. however. was running only for
personal honor. defeated more fancled
candidate in Nick Glanakopulos the
Greek representative of the Mlllrose A. A.
Fogel. one OF the slinmest of the COM
petltors. wore down the bulky foreigner
In the last turn of tho course and won by
100 yards in 81 minutes II seconds which
establishes a record for the course that
was ussd for the first time yesterday.
In the team competition the Irish
brigade won from the Bronx Church
House by the scant margin OF two points.
Again the expectations OF the experts
were upset. for the we'll balanced team
from The Bronx started favorite over the
rest OF the seven teams competing. Until
the last mile II looked "a though public
form would be upheld In tho team branch
OF the race, for at that time the Bronx
lads were leading the Irish by seven
points under the old system OF scoring.
one unit OF the five weakened In the last
part OF the trying race, and Ii. Crosby
fell back from eighteenth place in the ac-
tual race to nifty seventh, destroying the
chances OF his team when they looked
brightest.
Columbia University which entered a
team In this competition for the first time,
performed credi,ably against the more
hardened club runners. The Blue and
White div sion was led ably by l.. c.
Smith and when the team scores were
computed II was found that the collegians
were fourth and that they had beaten as
many teams a. beat them. Smith was
well up with the leaders all the way and
finished eleventh in the actual race. The
Mohawk A. G. put lot OF sturdy young
sters In the field and the team landed In
third place, only twenty points behind the
Bronx Church House.
The race. both for individual and team
laurels, was close ard interesting through
out and the course was voted the best
tina, has been covered in recent years.
At the last moment the thiclset. bog land
( and water jump which had been omitted
in the original mapping. were Included.
and only few OF the runners who were
expert enough 10 cross the STRAIN on a
treacherous log came through without a
duckng. Among tho notable victims OF
casualties at this jump. which was en-
| cOuntorCd Just after crossing the railroad
tracks. were F. Travelena, the Mohawk
man. and VI. Greonberg of the Sheridan
A. e. Travolena Topped Into the water
| on each circuit. but shook The water OF
like a Newfoundland dog and continued
with enough speed to reach the judges in
ninth place on the Anal turn OF the
course Greenberg slipped and the conse-
| quence was shallow dive Into three feet
OF water that Immersed him from head
TO foot II was ticklish work for all. but
u was the mos, genuine cross country run
held IN this district for many years.
Several thousand persons were on the
parade grounds 10 see the race and they
were able to catch glimpses Of the run
rers as they toied UP the hill. cutting
through the hill holes OF the golf course
and along the ridge at the top OF the
hill Here the chief individual contes-
tiuts were we'll punched and as they
made good progress down the hill 70 this
railroad tracks the close formation was
maintained. Russell Springsteen of the
Yonkers Y. NJ G. A WAS the first &c
tackle the water jump, closely followed by
|, Glauakopulos. A. j Fogel and Honohan
Forel and Iuna, the first man on tn,
, irish team, led the next bunch through
the brush ard over the stream. Thes,
| men all negotiated the passage or the iol
{ without disaster but the next man. u,
Stefano. started the cavalcade by tum
, bling I'm the drink and setting an exampl,
! that was followed largely by the rest
The hill following the water jump wa,
too much for SprinRsteen and he dropped
out 50 that when the first lap was com
8 pleted Fogel was In the lead a stride II
front OF the Greek, and with Honoha,
nearly 100 yards back. The time wal
e:3i As. The Greek stuck closely 4
. Fogel going m the golf links hill for IN,
second time, but began to waver when n
reached the top OF the incline. and IN,
rghtfootcd Foecl quickly cut out a leaC
: OF fifty yards. He increased this 10 loi
! yards a the water jump and again safel,
. tripping over the log bridge was out o
real danger. At this point Gianakopulos wa
. forty wards in front OF Honohan. and III,
New York a, C. man led Zuna by similar
distance One OF the best bits OF run
: ming in this lap was done by O. Laaskl
Of the Kaleva A. c., who had worked hi
way up from fifteenth TO sixth position
. Fogel drew further away in the final mill
, and won BY 100 yards, with Gianakopulo
: sixty Yards in front Of Honohan. Zun.
, Fourth. about thiry-fve yards further back
The new rule requiring all non-tean
men to be eliminated when compiling
the team score caused many changes, bu
had the old method prevailed the 1rls'
, team still would have won, and by.
. larger total. 70 TO rs. Tho order o
finish: