The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22
KOLEHMAINEN LEADS
IRISH AMERICANS IN
Club Has First Four Men in
Senior Cross-Country Run
at Prospect Park.
N. Y. A. c. COMES IN SECOND

Hannes Koehmainen OF the Irish
American A. C. was the pioneer who
led the competitors yesterday In the Sc
nlor metropolitan championship over the
new cross country course at Prospect
Park. As in the Junior title race week
earlier tho Irish American A. c. gar
nered both individual and team honors
sturdy contingent following the victo-
rous Finn 10 closely that only three men
encroached on the leading positions oc-
cupied by the irish brigade.
Old timers failed to recall any occa-
sion In A. A. u. championships whore
one club had supplied the first four men,
as the Irish organization did yesterday
Following Kolehmainen came Barden. A.
J. Fogel and p. Flynn. and the winning
team was safely landed when Zuna
trotted over the finish line in eighth
place. The winning total of points was
IL. only more than the best possible
score.
The New York a. g.. which finished
second. ran even more consistently than
the lrishmen. but not nearly so fast
The first woarer OF the Winged Foot to
catch the eye OF the Judges was Dave
Noble. In tenth place and only Il. l.
Byrne Of the Bronx Church House split
the scoring OF the winged factors when
II had begun. NJ. Hughes wound up the
New York y. c. team and he finished
only twenty seconds behind Noble, the
leader of this bunch.
The New Yorks total was g. and the
Bronx Church House was third. with IS
by the narrow margin OF points. The
Irish American A. c. started second
team. but only four finished, 50 that II
obtained no rating.
As spectacle the race did not com
pare with the Junior event. for at no stage
was there any doubt as to the actual win
nor. Little could DE seen Of the runners
as they wendell their way through the
mazts OF the park, but crowd OF 1000
persons was In waiting to cheer the Finn
as he galloped across the parade grounds
TO the finish line He ran through the
lane of spectators with the same easy,
frctioneSs stride that had carried him
o the front early In the race. and there
was "A happy grin on his face as he trot-
ted on TO the dressing room Just as Tom
Barden entered the finishing stretch 200
Yards away. Barden had to pu. his best
front OF A. J. Fogel and the junior cham
pion was a similar distance in front OF
T.. Flynn, the fourth Irishman 10 finish.
But for the downfall OF Nick Giana-
kopulos. who dropped out after the first
lap the leading positions were assured
early In the contest. EOlchmainen danced
OF In front and had clear lead when
the risky descent Of Lookout i'm was
attempted. The Finn evidently had
learned one OF tho secrets of success IN
cross-country work, for he shot down the
steep incline at breakneck speed and
opened gap OF nifty yards on Barden
by the time he landed safely at the bot
tom.
Gianakopulos was forty yards behind
Harden at this stage, but the flight down
the hill was too much for the Greek and
he made the best Of his way back To the
Shelter without taking chances Oh an
other speed test down the incline. This
left Flynn In third place and Holden OF
the Yonkers Y. VI G. 4. fourth.
on the last circuit kolehmainen and
BaIden held their own, but Fogel showed
both Flynn and Holden. Zuna also rem
dered the Irish victory more sweeping by
moving up a couple of places in the last
three miles
Several Of the runners expressed them
selves as pleased with the new course. and
the time OF SO minutes - seconds shows
that It is either harder or longer than the
one on which the junior race was decided
at Van Cortlandt Park The order OF
finish: