The Washington herald., 1915-01-08
NOVELTY RACE
TO JOE GEIGER
Baltimore Filler Finishes First
in Finals of Cosmos Run
in Good Time.
TROPHY TO CARROLL
Tenth Street Institute Puts First Five
Men Across Tape in Ex-
citing Event.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.

Five thousand enthusiastic fans saw
Joe Geiger, the fast flyer of the Cross
Country Club of Baltimore, finish in first
place last night in the novelty road race
of the Cosmos Theater in the fastest time
that has yet been made over the course
doing the distance in twenty-five minutes
and two seconds. Benny Unsold. another
OF the Cross Country Club team, ran in
second position, twenty-three seconds be-
hind the winner, while Douglass Schmen-
ner, also of the Baltimore team, finished
in third place.
Freddy ArntZ. sporting the colors of
the Oriole team, landed fourth place,
finishing one second ahead OF Capt. Dan
Healy. Of the-Carroll Institute team, who
was the first among the locals to cross
the tape.
After putting over the first four men
the Baltimore team lost its chance of
capturing the team trophy as its next
two men finished in eleventh and twelfth
position. William Schmidt, the fourteen
year-old youngster of the Carroll team,
Is the real hero from the locals stand
point This youngster showed excellent
speed, pulling up in ninth position, and
landed the handsome team trophy for the
local distance hikers.
STANLEY Breasts Tape.
Pat Stanley was the second Carroll
athlete TO breast the tape, being thirty
six seconds behind Capt. Healy Frank
Doherty ran seventh. with Blumer pull
ing up in eighth position. Billy Covert
was the last Carroll athlete to finish,
making the distance in twenty-four min
utes and fifty-seven seconds, being but
two minutes and fifty-fve seconds be-
hind the winners. Conrad and Montague,
/ OF the Cross Country Club, finished
eleventh and twelfth, respectively
GeiGer showed improved form over his
race of Tuesday night, taking the lead
at the start and never being headed.
When the runners crossed the bridge on
the return the lanky athlete from the
Monumental City opened up a gap on
the other runners who had been trailing
him and pulled up in a fresh condition
at the Cosmos door twenty-three seconds
ahead Of Unsold. Freddy Arntz and Dan
Healy were following Geiger in the order
named, when he started his sprint, but
owing to the fast pace set by the Bal
timore Filler they killed themselves on
and Unsold and Schmenner. OF the Cross
Country Club, had but little trouble pick
ing them up as the runner started to
climb the hill in the Monument Grounds
From this mark on the leaders ran as
the summary shows:
Faithful Training.
The faithful training of the Carroll
Institute team showed again in this
race when the youngsters from the
Tenth street club crossed the tape in
real rank and file of a military or
ganization. After Baltimore had put
its Ofur best runners across the Car
roll outfit marched over in the posi-
tion from fifth to tenth place and this
form of running alone captures team
trophies.
Prof. Maurice Joyce, who is coaching
the Carroll team and who ran this
novelty race without a hitch. deserves
credit for the showing the local ath-
letes have made and every one is pull
ing for 'Profs" team to come through
in the cross-country championship
which will be run Saturday at l
o'clock over the same course. The
summary: