Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
KOHLEMAINEN REAL
COMEBACK RUNNER
But Jimmy Henigan, Game Lit.
tie Boston Boy, Pushes the
Whole Field Fast.
FINNs CALLED WONDERS

New York, Dec. 30 Hannes
Kohlemainen goes the credit of flash
ing one of the greatest athletic come
backs of the year,
The wonderful Finn once more
established himself as Americas lead
ing distance runner at the Maeomb
Dam Park athletic field, when he won
the national ten-mile championship
before crowd that numbered not less
than 10000 people.
But great as was Koly's triumph in
winning the gold medal and his fourth
straight ten-mile title, 1t did not dim
one bit the triumph scored by Jimmy
Henigan, Boston's sterling little dis
tancer, who ran his way right into the
hearts of the throng of sport lovers.
who followed every inch Of the great
three-cornered struggle between Koh-
lemainen, Kyronen and Henigan with
breahless interest.
Hcnigan Game.
Henigan ran the kind of race that
pleases the railbirds. As soon as the
field Strengthened out after the gun
was shot off Henigan poked his game
little nose out in front, and he forced
the pace for the entire ten miles. Heni-
gans running alone made the race
what it was He carried the Firms at
a pace that was the best that he knew
every foot of the way, and when Han,
nes and Villar swung past him in the
dash for the tape Henigan did not fall
ter whit in his own little run for the
worsted, He stuck to it in the gamest
sort of fashion, even when he saw that
defeat and disappointment were to be
his portion OF the long grind.
1t was the superior sprinting ability
of the Firms that beat Hcnigan. He
was going just as strong when he hit
the tape as at any time during the
race, but he simply could not match
the dash Of KohlemaiRen and Kyronen
at the last go yards. Judging by his
condition at the end Of the race Heni-
gan could have gone on for another
five miles, He was full Of running
and looked by all odds the strongest
runner of the lot that finished the
long race.
Koly Runs Well.
There ia no gainsaying the fact that
kohlemainen showed very fine race
in the ten mile championship. Though
he is no longer match for the
younger runners at the shorter dis
tances, the Olympic champion Is still
very much OF runner at ten miles.
Hannes' head work, and particularly
his complete confidence in his own
ability to outsprint Kyronen and Hen
igan in the last quarter mile, was a
superb performance on the part of the
old fellow, whom athletic followers,
the writer included. Judged to be about
through, The Finnish wonder staked
all on his ability to drift by Kyronen
and Henigan in the finishing brush.
He beat his challengers in exactly the
same manner that he did the late Jean
Bouin in the final heat of the 5000
metre Olympic championship At
Stockholm four years ago, except that
he won by the best part OF ten yards.
whereas in the Olympic race he was
less than foot in the van when the
tape was reached.
Though he did not win the title,
Villar Kyronen Of the Millrose Ath-
letic association did not run in disap-
pointing style on the ten-mile cham
pionship. Before the race the young
baker looked to be an almost sure
winner, but he caught a tartar in tie
rejuvenated Kohlemainen. Had
Hannes performed in the miserable
style that marked his running in tic
metropolitan and national five-miie
championships Kyronen would have
beaten him quarter of mile, bIt
koly had legs enough under him to
run along with the best OF them. r.
There never was time that Kohle-
mainen could outsprint Kyronen ina
track race when he was conditioned
well enough to be at Villar's shoulder
at the head of the stretch.