New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Finn Captures Senior
'Cross-COuntry Cham
pionship Laurels.
GIANAkOPULOS IN
STIRRING CONTEST
Wrests Second Place from
Springsteen in Final Sprint
TO the Tape.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Hannes Kolehmainen. Of the Irish
American Athletic Club. won the an
nual senior metropolitan cross country
championship run over the Van Cor,-
landt Park course yesterday, leading
home Nick Gisnakopulos, of the Mill
rose Athletic Association, by almost
eighty yards. The great Firms time
for the siX-mile journey vas 32;b3.
faster figures than have been made
before for the double circuit over
the hills Of the golf course. Be
cause Of the fact that the water jump
was cut out yesterday and the course
slightly altered no records were
broken.
Gianakopuos had n stirring struggle
for second place. just nosing out Rus
sell Springsteen, o. the fonkers !. NJ.
{. A., in the last three yards. Nilar
Kyronen, Of the Millrose squad, was
fourth, a few yards back of Spring
steen, and CASTOR Strobino, the hrst
New York Athletic Club man to cross
the line. was in nth place, some thirty
yards farther back.
Twenty-cight runners brayed the
freezing conditions. and all save four
Of this number completed the long
Journey. the team prize going to the
irish American club by single point
over Mel Sheppard's Millrose athletes.
the point scores reading 40 TO Al. The
New York Athletic Club finished in
third position with 81 points. and the
Yonkers Y. VI. {. 4. brought up the
rear. with 10 points as It's total.
President Mathewson Of The Borough
Of The Bronx sent the men from Their
marks. shortly after 2 o'clock. and
Springstcen rushed off into the lead,
closely followed by Gianakopulos,
Strobino. Kolehmainen and Kyronen.
The field stayed we'll together until
about the two and half mile mark.
the Yonkcrs man retaining his advsn-
tage coming across the line at the be-
ginning OF the second lap. with Nick
ard Kyronen at his shoulder and Ko-
lehmainen couple Of yards TO the
rear. The rest Of the pack was well
strung out by this time. for the pace
was beginning 10 tell. the first circuit
having been completed in fraction
over sixteen minutes.
Going up tho stiff hill al the seven
teen,h and eighteenth holes on the golf
course, Kolehmainen began 10 ehal-
lenge the leaders. trying them out one
il wss not until tho beginning OF the
last mile ard a half that the Finn
made his real bid for the lead
Entering the last mile he had opened
up n gap OF some twenty yards over
Gianakopulos and Springsteen, who
were running neck and neck in second
place. As the men neared the finish
Hannes called upon his reserve
strength and started striding along al
q pace that none OF the others could
maintain. As he came Looping down the
hill a hundred yards from the quarter
mile homestretch the crowd gathered
on either side Of the course and raised
a shout OF Here he comes. Koly in
the lead"
BY this time the Finn had increased
his advantage 10 seventy-fve yards and
was running superbly as he struck the
strsightsway leading 20 the finish line.
A lane formed closely "a the hundreds
Of chilled spectators edged in 10 get
glimpse % the runners. and through
lhis Koiehmaircl had 10 pck his way,
while shouts Of welcome greeted hin.
The Finn swept across the line essed
up. and lawson Robertson, the irish
American coach. took him in charge
and hustled him Of TO the dressing
rooms.
Another shout WAS raised when
Gianakopulos and Springsteen were
seen charging down the hill together.
with neither being able 70 gain foot
a. they struggled desperately for the
lead. First Il seemed that Springsteen
was step in advance and then the
Greek looked like the leader.
Gianskopulos was laboring as he ran
the last 100 yards, but so vas Spring.
steen. and IL was a toss-up which would
get second place until Nick lurched
forward in the last five yards and just
gained the line ahead Of his rival.
Little Kyronen, who had come
strongly in the last half mile, dashed
ocrose The finish line two seconds after
cnrinosteen. Strobino had q stirring
dpeI with Frank Zuna, of the Irish
ci,b before he took fifth place oy three
,ords Hugh Honohan, of the New
York A. C.. and Charley Pores, OF the
viIlrose club. finished in seventh and
eighth places, ten yards apart, and then
The other runners came struggling IN,
the next seven being fairly close as
they crossed the line.
The men who brought the Irish
American club home a winner, besides
Kolehmainen. we're Zuns. in sixth posi-
ton: Tom Barden, ninth; Pat Flynn,
tcnth. and ". Fogel, in fourteenth
place.
Robertson was well pleased with the
showing Of his team, and Sheppard was
even more satisfied by the performance
Of mis- string from the Millrose A. A.
The summary OF the race follows: