New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-24
Covers Eight Miles in Sur
prising Time Consider
ing the Going.
GIANAKOPULOS HERO
OF HIS TEAM MATES
Crowd Lines Road TO See Five
hundred Of the Service
Compete in Run.


tho 18TH Regiment Armory boz Brooklyn.
lcid I'm conjunction with tnc annual meet
or the ROYAL Areauum. Yesterday after
noon.
Thr mon m ucrt marching order COW
cred the dIstaucc-apout c.eht and one
half miles Boo hour 3 minutes ana W.
seconds This. under the ve.insh in-
nossiblo conditions under foot was zoe
rarkablc sine and the >kepucal doubted
its accuracy, The timers. however, ln-
sisted that an was correct
CLOSE lron tho heels Of the winnius
team followed the runners Of the iFih
Regiment Of Brooklyn. vino travelled
fbo distance in : hour minutes ana "V
seconds Then ,u close succession came
tbe team of company IT, 2d Infantry OF
Amsterdam y y. the team of the lo'h
Reclrneut Coast Artillery. ana the "a
battalion. naval militia, New YORK
Tho militia had more or less OF field
1sv AZ the expense of the dienihed regu-
lars for tie drst team of the latter 20
strarc,e into the armory was Company
q ~ the oalL Infantry. which Won eightn
Mace. and next came the tars from the
drcadnoucht North Dakota.
There were ugly charges made against
the team of the 18th Regiment Whlch
could not Doe proved. George Matthew's
of The Lons Island Athletic Cluo mem
her Of the registration committee OF 'ne
Amateur Athletic Union. declared tha'
the 14th Regiment relayed fresh men mo
tho ranks when one Of its team showed
the effects Of the trip. and by TINS was
able 20 win second place lie entered
rrotcsf upou arriving al the armoIY' p"O
the report stated that an officer hiSh III
,ro r.rirnent Of which Matthews Is alSo
member. threatened him with co"IE
martial and dishonoraNle discharge il ne
didn't "close his yap.
Matthews was loath 20 obey orders. ana
.bc, was asked Co identify some of the
,,e, no had seen relsyed. This he was
,,,,ol,,e IN do. and was once more ordered
this time more peremptoriiy. 10 Keep
(1,c, Matthews said that me had Wit
,o.,oe IN bear him out in his statement
hut since an were members or the reS'
r,ert they declined to enter the discus
sion with the ofFcer IN question
Nick Gianakopulos. I'd jordan Hal
~,o costello Vic Noteretsas. j.
o.,1ora and Danny O'Toole were the men
,,fo roproseuted the list Regiment. and
,u ran we'll To Gianakopulos belongs the
po,.s share OF the credit lie set the
.,ce for his team. and as one after the
,thor showed signs Of giving out he re-
ieved him Of his gun and kept risht
ahead AT the task OF winning. lie entered
no arrorv with four rifles slung across
MS shoulders and 10 all appearances Ut
&. ~ lrrV
niles al least
Some Of the other competitors many,
n fact. were not so hardy as the smiling
creek They struggled I'm from time 10
lime. worn right out. Several had TO De
almost carried around the srmory track
iu.irc the last two laps. while others
gearing up on their courage. collapsed
Nhcu tho race was over and were attend
pd hy the hospital corps. it was charged
.hat one or two regulars, seeing how the
hospital corps did It, Immediately tainted
md gasped for water-on the side.
Sixty-sevcn teams. eight men 10 team
started the hike, and All but few
finished Starting al Times Square. they
raced through l2d street to Fifth avenue
'hen south TO 23d street and south along
Broadway TO Canal street Leaving the
~Greet White Way" az Canal street. they
ran east 90 the Manhattan Bridge 20
Tlstbush avenue and Fulton street and
then 10 Gates avenue. Gates avenue was
The course as far as Bedford, and then
along Jefferson avenue 20 the armory.
The race attracted general interest, and
n ves estimated that more than 26.o0o
spectators stood along the route offering
announcement and refrcshment to the
runners Traffic was suspended at several
points along the route while the race was
passing The SNOW and ice in the streets
caused no end Of trouble for the runners.
and many slipped and fell heavily, some
surerlnC bad bruises. At the end. how
ever. mono was in bad condition. At some
places the going was so bad the men had
20 run along the sidewalks, but FOR tho
most part they stuck 10 the middle Of the
road
When Prieader General Elmore r. Aus
tin. chief OF Coast Artillery. fred the
starting gun the team of the ID Battalion.
Naval Militia took the lead Looping along
40 "A merry clip For about two miles tho
rocking chair sailors held their proud
position. bit we're passed by several
teams on the trip down Broadway. At
intervals they Spurted hravely and fought
back into the lead Along down by the
bridge the list Regiment team swung
along and flashed out into the lead. and
that settled The race so far as the win
nor was concerned.
once out iu the lead Gianakopulos kept
his team moving al a steady pace which
fairly ate up the distance In the last
Two miles a FEW OF tho boys showed signs
oi giving out. and Nick ordered them 10
unstrap their rifles and hand them 10 him.
lic took mp his teammates burden in fine
STYLE. but LETT the task o. setting the
pace TO Vic NotOetsas. who ran so well
boo the Broollyn-to-Soa Gate marathon OH
llucons Birthday.
II was iu the closing miles OF the race,
too. that The boys from tho I'd Infantry.
OF Amsterdam. made their running, ana,
tossing along in plucky stvle. they passed
several teams which had shown them the
way earlier in the game. The team from
Company C. of the 18th Infantry L. :. =.
van gamciv and well BOO tho last couple Of
mites. but WAS unable 90 gain on the
leaders The sailors were the popular
fayoiites with The crowd but their sea
legs proved "a handicap. and they discov-
cred that after ALI 'cross-country rum
MINIS is @ game Tor iandsmcn.
WhIN the members ~ the service were