New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Canadian Walker Breaks
Record by 10 Seconds at
Brunswick, n. j., Meet.
GEANAKOPULOS % IN
LONG DISTANCE RUN
KOiehmainen Conquers Greek in
Sensational Finish After Race
Full Of Hair.Raising Spurts.

George r. Goulding, OF the Toronto
Central Walkers Club. the worlds
champion. won the seven-mile walk.
and Hannes Kolehmainen. o. the Irish
American A. c., was first in the ten
male run f0r the national champion
ship, a. Nielsen Field, New BrunsS 'cs,
-. j., yesterday. I'm the walking contest
the Canadian shattered all American
figures from the fourth mile UP and
the world, record for the complete
distance. lis time was 80 minutes
30 Is seconds, excelling the American
record By 3 minutes 81 IS seconds and
the old worlds mark oy Just ~ sec
onds.
There were fourteen competitors In
the walking event, and all finished. I'd
REM. OF the Mohawk A. c., defender
Of the title. was the only man IN the
contest who was calculated upon 20
have chance 20 beat the great hiker.
REM, like the Others, looked like
tyro when Goulding warmed up.
Despite the fact that REM was
beaten by three-eiQhths OF mile he
stepped faster than he had ever done
before In his life. lie also got under
he American figures, shaving them By
eight and one-Gfth seconds. His time
was given as 50 minutes 50 as seconds.
REM was first 20 leave the starting
point and Goulding the last, but il did
not take the latter long 10 reach the
front. II was near the first furlong
post that he snatched the lead from
REM and started out 20 lap the held.
which he succeeded IN doing after
iourneying about four and quarter
miles
The real interes: In the race was the
scrap for second place between REM
and William Plant, OK the Long Island
Athletic Club, the two-mile national
champion. Plant finished third. ten
yards behind REM, and william Free
man, of the Toronto Central Walkers
Club, who accompanied Gouldlng here,
finished fourth.
The ten-mile run brought together a
score and two Of the best distance
merchants in the country, and IL was
bitterly contested throughout.
Kolehmainen set the pace and the
field clung TO him we'll punched for the
first half mile. Then little CASTOR
Strobna, OF the New York Athletic
Club. dashed 20 the front StfobIna
shook off everybody but "Koly," Nillar
Kyronen, Of the Millrose Athletic AS
ISOLATION, and his pals, Nick Glana-
kopolus and Charles Poris, and r.
Springsteen. OF the Yonkers Y. VI. {. A.
Just after passing the first milestone
KyrOnen took the lead for a short time,
when he was forced 70 give way TO
SDringsteen, who led until the first
half OF the distance was covered.
Kyronen regained the lead and
Springsteen fell back into sixth place
and in the next mile dropped 70 the
wayside. With Kyronen leading, Koleh-
mainen, Gianakopolus, Poris and Stro-
bna followed in order named hardly a
hall yard apart. So they circled the
huge track until the last three-quarter
mile. when Strobina once more en-
deavored 70 grab the lead. As he
moved up the other leaders darted
away from him and opened up Bis
gap.
Entering the final lap. which was the
last quarter Of mile Of the race.
Kyronen let loose his reserved speed IN
a squirt. The others went in hot pur-
suit and flew by him before he had
travelled hundred yards. As they
moved ahead Of him, no gave up the
chase and logged the rest Of the dis
lance.
Then there was another squirt. Poris
went 20 the outside. and. like a streak
Of lightning, took the lead. As he got
IN front. Giarskopolus and koleh-
mainen simultaneously cut loose their
final spurt and quickly oyerhau.ed
Poris. and fought 1t out 70 the tape.
GianakOpolus was ter Yards ahead Of
the Finn, less than a furlong from the
end but he lacked the necessary speed
end strength 10 carry him through.
Gradually Hannes closed in on him, and
as they turned into the straightaway.
fifty yards from the end, he moved into
the lead and won by six yards. Poris
was third, and hyronen fourth.
Gouldng's time f0r each mile fol-
lows: First, 700 2-5; second, 1919 80;
third, 2l:39 AS; fourth, 2S;5S rs; eth.
1910; sixth, 1923 2-5; seventh,
50:40 As.
The leader and time for each mile In
the ten-mile race follows:
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l0.2l.s. thlm snrns.esn Is -. fourth. 80 NJ
rnrhssteen. 80 Is. seventh. kyfonen. 81 q,
eighth Kyroncn i8I?l-5; ninth. srob,ns
81 50 Is. tenth. koleimainen. 532225.
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