The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
MILLROSE ROAD RUN
EASY FOR KYR0NEN
Leads Pores by a Quarter Mile
in Ten Mile Contest With
456 Entrants.
CROWD HAMPERS RACERS

viilar Kyronen Of the Milirose A. G.
made a runaway race Of tho road run
yesterday afternoon under tho auspices
Of his club over city streets from the
Twenty-second Regiment Armory IN
i6sth street, near broadway. 20 the John
wanamaker store, at Broadway and
| Ninth street. Hannes Kolehmainen. who
pressed him all the way In the recent
Bronx 10 City Hall modified marathon,
was not IN the field. but the younger
Finn displayed so much reserve strength
at tho nnish tina II Is probable no could
have repeated over his elder compatriot
II the latter had sought revenge.
There was a gap OF more h a q
quarter mile between the winner and the
second man. Charles Pores. another Mill
rose athlete. Pores didn't breast the
worsted under the Bridge Of Progress
connecting the two Wanamaker build
ings until a minute and twenty-seven
seconds after Kyronen had completed the
race. Where Kyronen had II easy Pores
was obliged to fight a battle all the way
for the place. finally having n margin or
only ten seconds over J. McCurnin OF
the Jersey Harriers. who was second
TN last Sundays Liberty Day marathon
In Brooklyn.
Harry McGinn OF the Paulist A. c.
was running abreast OF these two for
n large part of the journey. but weak
ened near the end and fell back Into
fourth position. l.. S. Schmidt and j.
Phillips, both OF the Bronx Church
IA,pa $780,. tA. ttnA rnx
Nearly All Of the 4S0 start.
All except a few OF the 456 entrants
answered the starters call outside the
fwenty-seeond Armory. The big field
got away q, a brisk clip n was well
strung outF n the first three blocks. Be-
fore half mile had been covered Ky
ronen showed In front by twenty yards.
After climbing the big hill up Broadway
from 18th street lie was ffty yards
ahead, with nobody near enough to help
him judge pace. He was obliged TO
prove during the res, OF the journey that
he knew himself and could tell just
how fast to go without becoming ex-
haustcd before the goal.
The 1.-the Finn KEEP; Increasing the
space between himself and the second
brigade until he was 200 yards to the
good after :he first five miles had been
covered. Behind him there was a little
group OF well matched rivals. composed
OF Pores. McCurniD. McGinn. Schmidt
and Phillips. + Travelena Of the Mo-
hawks, G. de Stefano of the Ozanam
A. A. and n. Schus,er OF the Swedish
American \. G. occasionally would move
up among them from the ruck. only to
drop Jack again.
Down broadway TO Iloth street the
plodders went. Then across to Fifth
avenue. south again to Fifty-se VENT,
street and over 10 eighth avenue BY
this time kyronen was so far ahead tina:
the second place contenders could catch
glimpses of him only once in a while.
Pores. McCurnin and McGinn began to
put on speed when they turned into
Eighth avenue and had opened a bit
of a gap by the time Greenwich avenue
was reached Here Pores and McG;inn
tried 10 run away from McCurnin. The
former succeeded. but the latter man
aged only to XIII himself of and was
forced 10 drop back and 10 be ~contented
with fourth place.