The sun., 1915-11-14
NERCERSBURG BOYS
WIN COLUMBIA RUN
Score low Total Of 30 Points
in Fifth Annual Cross
country Race.
I. VI. SHIELDS Is FIRST

MertcrshnrE Academy. with well
h,lan,ed tcam. won the NTH annual
l1,erscho,tsitc oross-country run held
yes,erdr morning by the Columbia
Iryers ~ Track Association over the
south Field and Riverside Drive course.
is team score WAS 80 points. The
Individual honor also went to Mercers-
burg, l.. W. Shields breaking the tape
twenty Yards ahead of T.. Il. Peck Of
bloomfield liigh school, n. j., in the
ns time of 30 minutes 43 seconds for
ihe three and three-quarter miles.
Cous Ierng that nearly 300 school,
boys represented the twenty-tiv schools
entered the performance of the Pennsyl-
vania lad was decisive. As Gustayus
r. kiruy, chairman of the advisory
board Of the j. G. \. a. A. A., who
presented the trophy at a dinner given
10 the runners IN University Hall after
tic race. said, the Merccrsburg boys
ran lkc one man.
There wasn't any fight for first place.
was Mcrcersburg all the way. Nor
is High school, winner last year. and
schenectady High School, holder OF two
,ess on the trophy, were expected to
nut up a hot fight for the team prize.
igt Schenectady finished third, Al
points behind Bloomfield High, and
Morris WIS ninth, with "a total Of 2y7
points
There was bitter rivalry between the
'out Of towners' and the city schools"
TIE tout OF towners," used to tough
ILLS. had al the better OF II, scoring
arst second, third. sixth and seventh
Iv N'ti clinton led the "city Schools"
fu.shius fourth, with $50 points. Rich
mond HGi was NTH. Erasmus eighth.
Morris ninth and Commerce tenth
WHEN starter McIugh lined the
Youngsters across South Field at il:lO
~ VI. there wasn't a color In the rain
bov that wasn't reproduced in one uni
:orm or another. In size they ranged
from I. Hansman. Union Hill, 8 feet
8 inches to &. Echele. Watervliet High,
! feet . inches. Echele and another
Sj pound midget raced neck and neck
during the last half mile and finished
inches part. Both boys said they were
II years Old. According to the i. $.
A /. rule boys must he l6 years OF
age 10 run IN Cross-country races, but
.eSe d.luuutiVe youngsters seemed
lot tho least tired after their duel. Two
ore armed lads, H. Fitzgibbon of Yon-
hers llgl and NJ Wenk of Richme nd
I'M, also finished.
The Mclcersburg team breathei a
sgn %. relief when ii learned that Rob-
!is0n ut ENauder Childs was not en-
tered. Last year he set such "A hot pace
;lat the B,ue runners in tryink to fol-
low him fell 10 pieces In the last mile
and lost To Morris by few points.
They had To- contend with Frank Jen-
kins uf Far Rockaway. the L. $. 4. l..
oac mile and cross-country champion.
but he wasn't in the best Of condition
and was willing TO be led after the firs:
NILE.
At the start jenkins made the lap
around South Field leading Reed and
Shields OF Mercersburg by few yards.
Tie course mapped out was a new one.
From South Field II turned west on
.l6'h street TO Riverside Drive. then
forth 20 Grants Tomb at l23d street.
heH south along the Drive to Ninety
seventh street. The course then turned
vAeA to ll6th street and up the steep
am 20 South Field. The finish was in
iNn, Of the north stand where thousands
q -'a"u!o'ys gathered.
Jorh.rs managed to keep his lead up
70 Grants Tomb lie could have been
.l,'ei 40 any time though by the two
Aefctrspurg runners. At the end of the
hrs, mile Reed took the lead. intent on
setting his own pace. Shields ran right
''' oA4NAlASl upWil " -Nlntly-scNeutn
sfee,. f. +. Peck OF Bloomfield moved
~ drd nide a fight for the honor posi-
ton t.i forced the Mercersburg pair to
speed up Il little. Fleck OF Morris
s2:net hard and passed fifteen men.
vay go drop back as the ll6th street
h.ll faced him.
IAt nal put Jenkins out of the run
r.ns for first prize too. Peck started
a'teg Reed. and Shields couldn't stand
Or ana 81" hts teammate fall so ne
>pr.rtyd after Peck and passed the
bloomfield iiter before he could take the
read away from Reed. The three run
ie's were not more than five yards
apart as they swung in South Field.
J. l5"Ncl ike anybody's race. but
sAleis had more reserve power and
started to sprint hard. He never looked
around uu,! he had breasted the tape.
Then he saw Peck twenty yards behind
MN Reed finished five yards behind
IeoK on the hill J. keougham OF
Na'eUlct High had passed Jenkins.
!ie crossed the line in fourth place, fif-
teen Yards ahead OF the Long Island
eo.orel crack.
The youngsters struggled along for
bA minutes. practically all who started
N'lsH.A@. Afler the race the horde was
'ci T. The swimming pool. They were
'"'t directed to the Commons as the
.Ies's II tho track association. Tho
'rst fifty: