The sun., 1916-10-24
FLYING FINN QUITS
WINGED FIST CLUB
Merchantmen Enters unat.
tacllcd in Ten Mile National
Championship Run.
NAY JOIN kALEVA 4. G..

~ GEOR GE n. J'NDERw OOD.
When Hanncs Kolehmiinen. the Fin
s,sh Flyer. answers the call to pos, In
no race tor the ten mile championship
., the United States at Macomb's Dam
PARK, ncNt saturday. Nh" familiar I,
Winged fis, emblem Of the Irish Amer
Tan \. e, which he has carried 10 many
sensational victories. will he missing D..
from his jcrsct.
i. will he = plain white running shirt
which the holder Of many American dis
,sacc running records will sport. for
.holeh h- intends competing for the
Kaleva \. c. OF brooklyn in the future
the eligibility rules prohibit his rcnre-
sen,.ng any club for n period OF twelve
months. DURING that time tho little Fin
rlsh vegetarian must run unattached.
III. news " Kolehmaincn's desertion
from he Conway Clan cropped out when
Hsrnes turned in his ten mile champion
ship entry a, \ \. L. headquarters yes
terday afternoon. lie uttered himself as
"unattachcd" He stated his reason. for :
Withdrawing from the Winged Ftstites
were personal.
surprise "a Conway.
when Patrick J. Conway. president OF
the Irish American A. c.. was asked
abol. the matter last night the Winged
FIST chleftain said II vas the hrst thing
re- had heard about H.. lie said Koleh-
rainen had not turned in his resignation
nor had he intimatcd he was going to do
49, ANQ,tAfs ~ sh. -tsA
American A.. G..
I. will he remembered that Willie
Kyronen. K~olchmainen's Finnish coun-
trymar. recently resigned from tho Mill
rose \. e. and entered a race as un-
attached. Later kyronea changed his
mind and went hack into the Millroso
\ E. fold. Perhaps kolehmainen will
reconsider the matter and jump back to
the Winged Fistites.
While koiehmiincn yesterday would
i've no sepciac reasons for jumping"
the Irish American a. c.. some think II
son accpun' ~ Lawson Robertson taking
a vacation from the Winged Fistites TO
train the University Of Pennsylvania.
Holehmainen'S countrymen have repeat
,dly urreA him to represent the kaleva
9. . dis inctively Finnish o%rganiZa-
ion. In refusing to M for the Finnish
,.uh k~oichnrainen always gave as n
reason flA' nc WtU'eu w ti'N'h WV
tho Irish American \. G. IN order to get
no hsr.il, OF Lnwson tioher'son's train
=. ana advice. with Robertson gone
from the l.isl, american \ G. Hinnes
lad no good rcason for refusing to rep
-c,on. tho ka,cva \. g. whose members
a-e MS vHn countr! men.
Robbie OvH-r~d = Rest.
Though Robertson Is training the track
All iiel! athletes ~ pcnnsylvanta. h" has
no, severed his connection with the irish
American A. G. and VIII train the
Winged F,s'i,cs neSt summer when col
l.co is closed. Lawson stu keeps In
touch with affairs here. and he recently
/ ordered kol.hmainen not 10 put on "A run
ming shoe for four months. Lawson was
q, the opinion that a long rest IL what
IIauncs needs. and that without II the
FLYING Finn never will regain his Old
time form.
WIN. Ko.chmainen. the professional
distance champion and older brother OF
names. is OF entirely different opinion
,haa Robertson. and II was on Willie
advice that IIanne. started training for
The ten mile championship. Perhaps 1t
4. Willie who has induced Hannes TO cut
loose from Robertson and the Irish
American A, G.
Kolehmainen. who was the greatest In
d,vidual poin; winner at the olympic
Games in stockholm in 1912, winning me
5000 and 10000 meter runs n the
5000 meter cross-country race. joined
the Irish American A. &. upon his arrival
IN this country in the fall Of that year.
Since then he has carried the Winged
\ FIs, 20 victory In six national and -FOUR
metropolitan championships. Under the
silks OF the Conway Clan Kolehmainen
smashed ALI American outdoor records
from two and a half miles to ten miles
and all American indoor marks from fve
miles 10 ten miles.
The Eatrants.
The seven mile national championship
walk will be staged at Macomb's a
Park on saturday. ar we'll as the race
for tie ten mile national running title
The entries for the two championship
\ events follow:
Ten Mile Run-James w. Plant Ions
Island A. c.. Nick Gianakopulos. Willie
kyronen and Charles Pores. MillrOs'
! A e.; Louis Schmidt. Bronx Church
House James Henigan. Dorchester Club
Maiden, Mass. Aaron Morris. ST. Chris
TOPPER a. C.: Harry Purknison, T. A
lIa,pire and Vic Voteretsas. Morning
side A. c.: Lester r. Dutka. Hungarian
American A. c.. Joseph 8. Carr. Mercur!
A C.. James A. McCurnin. Jersey Har
r!ers; Frederick Travalena. Mohawl
A. C.; W J. Kennedy. unattached. ant
Hans Schuster. Swedish-Amcrican A. c
Seven Mile w~alk-Richard T.. Remer
Joe Pearman and W. J. M~cFadden. New
York A. G.: Frank p, Kleser. Morning
side A. and s. c.. G.. A.. Crlaub. Ameri
can Walkers Association James J. Far
re-. Eugene Gutenberg and Aleyande