New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
Sprints to Victory After a
Long Battle with Hughie
Honahan.
SAN FRANCISCO TRIP
AS HIS REWARD
Leslie Captures Two-Mile Race
in 14th Regiment Games
-KiXiat Falls.

-klNldt / ais.
Charles Pores made q name for him
self as a distance runner yesterday. II
was this swarthy-skinned, chunkily-
built voungster who won the Brooklyn
90 Sea Gate Marathon, conducted un-
der the auspices Of the l4th Regiment.
And IL may be said that he won in q
manner that left no doubt in the
minds Of the several thousands who
saw the finish that be was the best
man in the race.
After covering fully twenty miles,
and fighting a hard battle with Hughe
HonAhan, Of the New York Athletic
Club, all the way. Pores went out on
the bell lap like e quarter horse and
sprinted 10 victory by twenty-five
yards. His time was ? hours 9 minutes
B as seconds. Honahan was second, IN
2 hours 9 minutes l3 Is seconds. while
Frank Zuna, Of the lrishAmerican A.
C., was third, an even twenty-three sec
onds behind the winner.
Pores is doubly proud tonight. Ry
his triumph yesterday afternoon he
earned the right 20 represent this CITY
en- the great Marathon race which vii!
be held in San Francisco next summer.
All his expenses will be paid, and he
will breathe the life giving air Of the
Golden State for two full months. II
IS. indeed, ss one Of his friends said
after the race, Pretty soft for you
Charley"
Case OF q Dark Horse
Pores has been running some good
fufes around here this winter, start
ING of the limit marks or thereAbouts,
and getting over the line first on oc-
cssion. There were few. however-not
even his closest friends-who held out
ANYTHING more substantial than for
lorn hope Of his winning. u was
simply another case Of the dark horse.
There was never a moment, scarcely
n stride. FOO all those twenty and one
third miles Of the course that Pores
was not IN the van or within striking
distance of IT, He and Honahan loped
along together, alternating IN setting
the pace. For while Jack Cullen and
Frank Travelena occupied positions OF
prominence, but on the return trip the
trio which finished first held sway.
n was just after the turn for home
NJ Sea Gate that Honahan, with the
gingery little Pores bobbing along at
Bis heels, flashed out into the lead, and
from that time on they were never
bothered. At Kings Highway on the
return trip Pores was in front, but
only by a stride. And so, stride for
stride, 70 the end they raced, or,
rather, until within one lap Of the
end, when Pores, the stronger man or
the pair. went out on the drive TO vic
tory.
But not all the interest. and certain
" not all the sentiment, centred on
the winner. It may be safely said that
OF all that crowd perhaps 90 per cent
WAS interested IN the showing Of o. S.
Weeks, the forty-eight-year-old boy
Of the Pennant A. c., OF Yonkers.
Weeks finished fourteenth In field
OF ffty-three starters, and he was old
enough TO be the father OF them all.
Crowd Cheers Stanley.
All except one, for Jimmy Stanley
the oldest man In the race, has seer
The SHOWS Of ffty-nino winters fee
the approach Of as many springs
Weeks was we'll known and was lion
lied all along the course: Az the fin
ish the crowd cheered him for tive
minutes, rs, with head up and arms
swinging, he sprinted for the line.
One OF .he reasons for the victorl
OF Pores, or, TO be exact, two of th'
reasons. were two pretty girls-the!
really were pretty-who occupied ont
of the boxes right at the line. The,
cheered themselves hoarse when h
entered the armory, and kept it VI
until he won. They are Billy and Vie
Of the Bachelor Girls Club. The
don't belong 70 the Bachelor Girls be
cause OF sour grapes either, they eN
planned.
While the men were out on the roa
the usual indoor games were held an
kept the crowd interested. Sid Lesli
won the two-mile run In impressiv
style, starting from scratch. Hanne
II Kolchmaiuen quit after running abou
~ mile.
y Much Of che interest was taken on
Of the three-q uarter-mile run whe
Kivist fell on the last turn. He an
Mike Devanney ran from scratch. an
the crowd looked forward - a grea
race. The pair sped along, unable I
pick up much ground on the leader:
but fighting merry battle anon
themselves Devanney was leadin
when the accident 20 Kivist happened
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