New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
KOLEHMAINEN AT
OLD TRICKS AGAIN
Lowers American Record
for Five-ThOusand-
Metre Run.
WINS FROM SCRATCH
WITH YARDS TO SPARE
Fifth Company Captures Point
Trophy at 18th Regi-
ment Games.

Uannes Kolehmainen. OF Finland ana
the Irish American Athletic Club. ~ UP w
hla old tricks again. Starting IN inc o.
200 metre run. which was feature OF the
games Of the 18th Regiment. last night
the nect-footed foreigner won by nan u
Ian I'm the record breaking. time OF
1f.s74-5 This skaters the American
record Of II .O5 As, established by 'eors'
Bonhag at Madison Square Garden TWO
years ago. II IL also said to be tho sec
ond fastest 5000 mstres ever run
KoIehmainsn established the record TOT
the distance OF II: 1865 I'm the Olympic
games at Stockholm when he defeated
Jean Roun, OF France, by inches
IL was the real Iiannes kolehmainen
who toed the mark for the. race. lie
bounded over the floor with scarcely an
effort. his stride. long. free and frlctlon-
less. without any delay he started OUT
on the trail Of the limit mark men, ana
before half mile had been covered had
cut down the distance between him ana
the leaders by almost half
He was timed at this point IN |'o''
After covering about two miles ne tooN
the lead. and from that moment the race
lost all semblance OF "A contest. Inc
other men were hopelessly beaten, ana
every revolution OF the track saw the'h
slip further and further into the rucK
The Finn crossed the line with a furious
burst OF speed, and was comparatively as
fresh as when he started.
The 5th Company won the point trophy
o .ft.fu lgf
many was second. with H. while stretch-
ing along IN order came the Sd Company
with 10: the 7th. with ). and the sth'
with 2. The others were scattered.
William j. Kramer. OF the Long Island
\. C.. won the combination one-and-a-
half and two-mile runs. Both races start
cd simultaneously. Kramer crossed the
line In the first race in :5S 40. and won
fine two-mile in 9:2t 2-5 Eighteen men
started I'm the race. Kramer took the
lead AT mile and quarter and held Ii
without any trouble until the end.
The 5th Company won the half-mile
relay race rs fair margin in ;5' Jim
Rosenberger won the race on the last
relay. outsprinting his closest rival oy
some FIVE or six yards
The summaries follow.
1O0-vard dash--wOn by I. L. stephenson;
I'd Company (scrntch), Hugh Hirshon, 90
Company On feet). second. j. RosenpeIeer'
5th Company (scratch), third. Ilme'
O:1O .. ,, -,h
4 OO0-yard run-won by 5. Leslie ON
Company (scratch). Il. BurgdOrf oth com
Ianv (22 yardsJ. second: +. J.. Gardner. oth
COMPANY G2 yardsl, third. Time. 2.lv 10
One-miic bicycle race-Won by r. savage.
LIST Company 600 yards); T.. Goodwin, LIST
Company (scratchl, second W. Lenngreh'
ist Company 60 yards)' third. Time
2:202-J ,,..t-. -,s
Ouarter-mile run--Won BY J. Mcguire, 'tn
Company G3 ysrds). j. Buckley. ON com
pany - yards). second; n. Hlrshon, 80 COM
PAM ,soratch). third. ,-,,,
one mile and onc-lalf run-Won BY VIII
lam j. Kramer. 9th Company tscratchl' :.
leslie. 5tn Company go YARDS. second; J.
Plant. 9TH Company (sj yards), third. Time
Two-mile run-won by W. J. Kramer.
ong Island \. g. scratch; c. Scherer'
Long Island A. C. u6O yardsl. second; \.
Fogel. Irlsh-Amerlcan \. {. D4O yards)'
thim. Time. 9:2l -.
3. OO0-meter run--Won by Hannes koleh-
mainen. Irsh-American 4. 9. lscratch) ).
j. Mcnamara. Irish-American A. G. tlo
yardsl second: Nick Granacapolus, unat-
tached Cf7J yards). third. Time, 1877 40.