The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-24
Team Of list Regiment, n. G.
\. y. First-81-2
Miles in 1:l:1O.
GREEK CARRIES FOUR GUNS
Militiamen Land First Seven
Squads. but Regulars Finish
In Best Condition.


prisins the inhabitants. Nearly every mill
tary organization within easy reach Of the
city answered the roll call excepting the
gallant Seventh. which failed to enter a
team for the first military hike held in this
city and carried out under the auspices Of
the Royal Arcanum and Ninth Company Of
the Thirteenth Regiment Of Brooklyn.
Seven thousand persons we're in the
Thirteenth Regiment Armory. Sumner and
Jefferson avenues. Brooklyn. TO greet the
victors and wild shouts acclaimed the boys
of the Seventy Regiment. y. y. y. c.,
when the only team representing that regi-
ment entered in a compact bunch. assuring
success for the National Guard over the
many trained soldiers representing diner
ent branches OF the service. These we're
the eight names placed on the roll Of honor
Nick Gianakopulos. Eddie Jordan. '. Voter
etsas. J. Costello. ". Beck. Harry Nye.
J. O'Meara and u. O'Toole. The winners
ran the eight and a half miles in hour
minutes 10 seconds. and finished minute
20 seconds before the Fourteenth Regiment
team Of Brooklyn, which was second.
Nick Gisnakopulos Of the winning team
solved the problem a. TO why a man OF his
tremendous frame had been a foot runner
instead Of a weight thrower. He bundled
into the armory, leading his squad. and
bristled with guns. He carried four rifles
altogether. three more than his share. yet
kept his place at the head Of the procession
with the greatest ease. He is u Greek. who
has done good work on the cinder path. as
have most of the Seventy -frst's team. MI
were in good condition.
The FIRST really tired man was knscher
Of the Fourteenth and he had to be sup
ported by two companions as he covered the
two laps in the armory. He dropped to the
floor after finishing and was one of the
many exhausted men to make the inner
circle look like battlefield. The Amster-
dam boys finished in better order than the
two leaders, but II was the regular army
men who showed what condition meant as
they cantered in for the final sprint
Beaten for speed it is sure thing that
Uncle SANS boys would have had the
best of a fight II the busle had sounded for
melee as soon as the march ended.
Most Arrive in Good shape.
Though no fighting had TO be done. the
hike was by no means child's play The
singing wind and barbados Of snow made
the task an arduous one. encountered as the
men we're with rifle and belt. yet the squads
OF eight that competed for gold stop
watches kept up merry pace all the way
and most OF them arrived at the end in good
enough condition to tackle an enemy.
The battle was a bitter one betw cen
the New York and Brooklyn rivals. and
after the men finished. charges were made
By George p. Mathews Of the Long Island
4. {. that the Brooklyn boys had been
accompanied for a part OF the way by an
automobile, that the men had been changed
and the burden lightened by some OF the
guns being carried in the machine The
official verdict was that all had run ON the
square and Brooklyn kept second place.
The third honor was annexed by eight
sturdy mlitamen from Amsterdam. y. J. q.
wearing the uniform Of the Second In
fantry, N u. y. y. Eight men from the
thirteenth trooped in fourth. closely fol-
lowed by the amateur tars of the Second
Naval Battalion. The Ninth Regiment was
next. and a regiment from Schenectady
finished seventh.
The up-Staters ended the procession OF
National Guardsmen for while and the
strength OF Uncle Sans army and navy
began to show. The boys Of Company g..
Tw enty ninth Infantry. we're the first OF the
service teams and they had scarcely entered
the arniory when the landing parties OF the
battleships began to appear. Two teams
from the L. =. =. North Dakota and one
from the I. =. S. Arkansas came in such
close order that three service teams were
jogging round the armory floor at one time.
Regulars Finish Fourteen Teams.
Though the spoils of war belonged TO the
Sevent first team. and the National Guard
| landed the first seven teams. II ~ question
able whether the amateur soldiers beat the
! professionals If the hike L. considered as an
army manteuvre. The militiamen far OUT
numbered the regulars, yet the service fin
/ ished fourteen teams out OF the first twenty
FIVE. after which the men began to struggle
in until sixty-three squads had finished
within the two hours necessary to gain the
reward OF "a medal
The army was marshalled on Forty-third
street, west of Broadway. and marched
around to Forty second street. whore they
( were sent away a. nearly as possible to-
| gether. with the leader Of each squad in the
front line and his companions behind him IN
single hle. There was IA great crowd to see
the sendOr. but the trafic police kept d
clear way for the runners as they dashed
over to Broadway and then turned down the
big highway as far as Twenty third street
At the Flatiron building the men swung into
Fifth avenue. the naval battalion men lead
ing until Canal street was reached.
Going across Canal street the Seventy
first boys answered tho cheers that gree'ee
/ them almost at every block They hac
kept close formation aud had enough IN
reserve TO take the lead before reaching
the Manhattan Bridge. The Seventy-frs
boys were the first to reach brooklyn. ant
they made good Roadway up Fulton street
into Gates avenue. then through Bedfort
avenue and jefferson avenue to the armory
The Jersey regiments. though far out o
the fight. created All uproar by appearing
each with u standard bearer. the regiments
flag being added weight, stuck upon a poll
and carried OH the back of one OF the strong
est runners. The worst looking bunch Il
finish was an Eighth Regiment team. On
man was entirely tuckered out. and wa
carried bodily around by fve OF his com
panions to be In At the death. The veal
members were assisted In every way. on
took hitch. hanging on tor fellow soldier
rife, while another came home pick-a- back
Order Of Finish.
The order OF flnish Of the first Twenty-Five
except the team finishing fifteenth. which
could not be identified. follows;
Pos-Regiment. h. m.
i-ssvsnty FIRST Regiment, N. a. n.
s-Fourtssnth Regiment. N. q. N. 7. i;o5 ID
accompany u. Second Infantry. N.
@. N. Y. Amsterdam. .......... 1908
<-Thirteenth Regiment, N. q. N. Y. 1:l2;>
5--sscond Naval Battalion. n. q
s-Ninth regiment. II. a. N.Y.... i:iS;i
7--compsny r. Second Infantry. N.