New-York tribune., 1917-11-11
MelO England Nightingale
Wins 'Cross-Country Title
College Boy Sets Fast Pace
Over Van Cortlandt
Park Course
By Fred Hawthorne

A young man bearing the musical
cognomen of Nightingale, George l.,
the given names, won the national
Junior 'cross-country championship at
Van Cortlandt Park yesterday after
noon. leading home a big field Of ll5
athletes in the fine time of 1925.
John Tuommikoski, of the Dorchester
Club, Of Massachusetts,. was second,
some forty yards back. in 1888, and
then came T. Halpins, an unattached
runner; Joseph Girgio. of the Psulist
Athletic Club, and Eddie Mayo. of the
Brooklyn Athletic Association, the
favorite. who finished IN :55.
Nightingale, who is a junior at New
Hampshire State College. ran beauti-
ful race from start TO stirring finish.
Throughout the first circuit Of the try
ing six-mile journey he clung grimiy
10 the heels Of Mayo. apparently satls,
fed that his strength and speed would
be sufficient to carry him into the lead
whenever he was ready to make MS
bid.
Mayo flashed across the line in front
at the end Of the first lap in 1928,
with young Nightingale just one second
later, and going strongly. In taking
the steep and tortuous path up the hill
on the last hole Of the golf links. the
New Hampshire boy heightened his
stride and fairly raced lover the top"
setting a pace that Mayo found 1t I'M
possible to follow.
II was this burst Of speed on the
hardest section of the course that
seemed TO take the heart out of Mayo,
for he continued to drop steadily to
the rear and at the finish he was fully
l25 yards back Of the flying Night
ingale.
the Paulist Athletic Club, with men In
second, fourth, eighth, tenth and
twelfth positions, for total OF 80
points. St. Christopher Club was sec
ond, with 50 points, and the Brooklyn
Athletic Association third, with LOG
points.
The army was well represented in
the field that faced John J. McHugh,
the starter. and the boys in khaki
made an excellent showing, consider
ing the limited time for training that
they enjoy between the duties of learn
ing to be soldiers. The Camp Upton
first team, sponsored by Lieutenants
Martin and Bartlett, beat out all its
military rivals, finishing in ninth po-
sition. well ahead Of the United States
Army Ambulance Service crowd from
Allentown. Penn: the Camp Upton Sec
ond team and the aggregation from
the 312th Regiment of Infantry at camp
Dix.
IN chief at Camp Upton, is great De
lever in 'cross-country work as mar
dening process for life in the trenches
and for racing across NO Mans Laho'
in Flanders. and he has gwen MS en-
thusiastic support to the practice runs
Of the enlisted men, whom Frank Click,
the old Princeton star. has strained
4 remarkable feature of the army boys
work Yesterday WAS the manner III
which they clung together, each team
finishing its men in bunch.
Field Breaks Away Perfectly
The field broke away perfectly rs
McHugh fired the pistol, and II was not
until they began the ascent OF the long
hill over the golf links that Mayo anu
NiQhtingale sped away into the iead'
sionc tbe Aoueduct patch the field be-
came more widely separated. with Mayo
and the New Hampshire lad having
6ne duel for the honors. TuomlkosSl'
WaIpine and Giorgio began to creep up
INST before the beginning OF the sec
ond lap and thereafter set san iol
MAYO. who was showing signs Oh INC
great strain. ,.r -. ho
Coming down the steep hili. Ius' oy
rore the finish on the fat, Nightingale
let ont an extra burst Of speed. and
raced toward the finish line on winged
fset gaining on the field with every
stride and greeted with hundreds OF
snoctstors as he broke the tape and
captured q championship, .,
The order of finish OF the frst TWEEN
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