New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
kyronen Wins
Senior Cross
Country Race
Morningside A. c. c..
Team Honors by Margin
of One Point
By A. c. cavagnaro


Vi.iar hyronen, premier runn., :.
the Millrose Athletic Association ~ "
played a return to his best fos. s's'
fairly running away" from a ..m m
held OF opponents in the annual ssa,. .u
,cross-country championship nm . '.
the Metropolitan Association o,.- - !"
Van Cortlandt Park course vss.. 'ns
The event marked the regainin, 80 =,
title by Kyronen, who won tho bnae ~ sae
Charles Pores, a clubmate. but NV.
a student at the Pelham RaU w. now
training station, and who won 10y :, naval
last year, was unable to defend i Ag pae .llie
attaining his best form in tra;Oss, a;oiss,
over the Pelham hill, had ant;.;aihg
meeting all opposition successfuYppsed fpased
defending his title, but was nnehy IN
obtain furlough for the afternnoss 70
However. had Pores comnetsS
would have found Kyronen reaJv ae a
give him the bitterest fight he ecss 70
experienced in a foot race. Kvrossss1 ever
covered the trail of six miles in a2.s,
which is the best ever made over ~, ~,
stiff course. The Finn could have .su .as
lily reduced this record by ten necons. vas,
had he wished, as in crossing ths thsus sa
ishing line well within himself hs hsis ,
lead Of $50 yards over his next rvaI nv,r
Eddie Mayo Runs Second
Eddie Mayo, who pan for the B,oot
lyn Athletic Association and who !.
"doing his bit" with the Medical Ccras
at Fort Slocum, finished second. TSs
little fellows effort is most eom. ON.
mendable, as he proved the only on.
who stood ready to accept the pacs sst
by the Flying Finn. ~
Mayo fought Kyronen as long m NJ,
speed held out, and covered the last
half-mile of the journey only on sheer
gameness. He was in a badly er.
hausted condition at the finish, and had
to call upon the assistance of two club.
mates to reach the dressing rooms.
Eddie was timed in 1921, his best time
yet. He was eighty yards in the
van of Terry Halpin, Morningside Ath.
letic Club, who was third.
Andy Craw, also of the BROOKLYN
Athletic Association, ran an especially
fine race for the first five miles. then
weakened, but managed to finish fourth.
Joseph Losgar, St. Anselm's Athletic
Club, was fifth, with Casper SchefFer.
Morningside Athletic Club, sixth, and
Louis Kaufman, Brooklyn Athletic As.
sociation, seventh. The last named's
running was keen disappointment to
the spectators, as he captured the juior
district championship last week in
clever fashion.
Teams Finish Close
Few races have marked closer fight
for the team honors between the har.
riers of the Morningside Athletic Club
and the Brooklyn Athletic Association.
The Morningside members, with TWEEN.
ty-seven points, managed to defeat
their Brooklyn rivals by one point
Injuries to several OF its members
prevented the Paulist Athletic Club
from starting FIVE runners. The field
of starters numbered only twenty-five,
and four Of these found it impossible
to cover two laps of the stiff course.
A return to the old course was made,
which included the golf links hill and
Cemetery Hill. However, the water
was minated.
In the first lap the race developed
into a hard fight for The leadership
with the leaders alternating in setting
the pace. Craw assumed this task on
several occasions. The athletes were
punched when the first lap was COM
pleted, with Craw leading in 1890, fol-
lowed by Gianakopulos, Mayo, Halpin.
kaufman and Kyronen, sixth.
Kyronen Speeds On
Kyronen increased his stride several
hundred~yards further on and passed
Craw. The Finn did not slacken his
speed as he began the running Of the
golf links hill, where Gianakopulos re-
tired from the race. Mayo soon sprint
ed on the heels of Kyronen, who, look
ing over his shoulder and seeing Mayo,
increased his stride materially. Mayo
gave stiff chase, drawing out every inch
of speed in him, but failed to pass. As
Kyronen swing into the final mile he
had left the fast tiring Mayo far in the
ruck.
Spirited sprinting tussles enlivened
the fight for places among tho other
runners.
The summary follows:
Position. name and club Time
w. Kyronen Aflrose A. A.............. s55i
IL. Mayo. Brooklyn A. .....:.....". s:2a ss:2a