The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03
IRISH AMERICAN FINN
Wins MARATHON RUN
. Kolehmainen Repeats His 1913
victory-StrobinO Second.
500 Yards Behind.
HARRY SMITH GETS THIRD
Hsunes Shavcs More Than Four
Minutes OFF Of American
13 Mile Record.

Names kolehmainer. che irish Ameri-
can Finn. repeated his performance Of
last year by leading whole army Of
barriers over tho thirteen mile route in
Oh, Frcr,nc ucii modified Marathon race
vss.erdly. Kolehmalnen crossed the nm
ish line IN hour 0 m!nutcs and 1-5 Sec
and He was followed across the line by
CASTOR Strobino. the young hill ard dele
.1per.. who as member OF the soui.
Paterson A. c. made 4 name fo- himself
ny nj. finish IN the Marathon race ut
stockholm. Tive latter. who competed as
free lance. was about 800 yards back
Of the leader ana WIS clicked IN 1 hour
n minutes Is seconds. Harry Smith OF
.he Bronx Church house national two
mile champion. was third in hour Il?
minutes s. 1-j seconds. ANA Willie E:'-
,oner of the Ealeva A. c.. although he
rad bu: little preparation for the event,
vas fourth. only couple Of yards behind
Smith
The Finn. who on account Of his last
,,w indoor races which We're dscldeal!
MEDIOCRE was thought by many To be al.
IN. seldom II ever showed to better al.
vantage. He started out In .h1"race as IL
:, were 20 be only "A two nile af- .r and
nu,led away from the barrier. which was
q, rordham road and Jerome avenue, in
ane stride and. speeding down the big
hNl passed the one mile mark m min
u.as 81 seconds. Going into the second
mile ne held 70 nearly the same speed
nd soon had clear lead over the host
u competitors.
Although tine Finn broke records for
ma. mart Of the course over when the
rae, had ceen ru1 lGst year. when II was
considerably shorter. aud csta oil shed new
MARKS FOR tn. new sections. one oi the
-ary los. things that he did was to beat
,.e American record for thirteen miles.
Kolehnainen's time for thie distance was
! hour 5 minutes and 3-5 seconds. the for-
,ner mark being 1 hour - minutes ~ 80
seconds made by Jim Crowley on a cinder
path Thu fact that the rim could 40
better time for the distance on the city
ravemen,s than Crowley could on regu-
i,r track speaks well for his prowess.
About 1890 runners. short, tall. large
and small, made up the army that stood
IN line waiting for the crack OF Police
mnissloner Arthur Woods's pistol.
when was to send them on the long trip
The course led along Jerome avenue.
across the Central Bridge and then down
Seventh avenue 10 10th street. Here the
runners turned east 10 Fifth avenue. ltav-
Ing Fifth avenue to turn into Lafayette
place and thence to the finish at City
Hall Thousands OF spectators lined the
course cheering the runners on and traffic
was stoned for the two hours and twenty
minutes tA1t the race was IN progress.
Few OF the starters dropped out OF the
race after the fifth mile was reached, but
IN tn. carly part of the run there was
marked depletion in the ranks due TO the
pare set by the feet Finn.
The Bronx Church House athl,t ties car
RED on the team prize. their first five men
finishing with total of - points. The
Mo ,awk \. C. quintet was right behind
them with a total OF "a. The first thirty
20 finish;
Poet.
ton Runner and Club. Time.
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