New-York tribune., 1919-04-14
Parkinson Shows Good Speed
Winning Clark House Race
Handicap Is Big Help;
Brooklyn A. A. Carries
OFF W Wanamaker Trophy
By A. c. Cavagnaro

age proved feeter than youth when
Harry Parkinson, the time-worn long,
distance runner of the Morningside
Athletic Club, easily captured the an
nual fourmlc handicap road run held
by the Clark House Athletic Associa-
ton on the East Side yesterday. Ap-
parently Parkinson was recently in
occulatcd with speed stimulants. for
after once taking the lead before the
end of the first mile he set a fast pace
thereafter, to win handily from field
Of 122 runners.
However, Parkinson can profusely
thank the generosity of George P.
Matthews, the official Handicapped, for
his victory. The veteran harrier was
allotted the extraordinary handicap of
three minutes thirty seconds, which
was fifteen seconds less than that
granted to the majority of the novice
runners in the race. Naturally many
OF the competing runners pointed to
ParklnSOn'S allowance as responsible
for his achievement.
In defence Of the rating of Parkin-
son, Matthews declared that this was
justified in view of the fact that the
athlete had not captured a prize in
two years. There is many an athlete
in the local district who is yet to win
his first prize in an open race after
five years Of effort
Toward the tail end of the contest
Parkinson had to shake up his speed
to withstand the rush of John Costello,
Paulist Athletic Club, who was quickly
drawing nearer to him. Costello fin
ishcd full of running. Parkinson fin
ished we'll fatigucd and on the verge
of collapse. He attributed this condi-
ton to having brcathed the garolene
fumes from the official car, which
failed to keep a reasonable distance
in advance Of him in leading the pack
over the trail.
William Schippel, another Paulist
at the finish, and was third, less than
ten yards in the wake of his club
mate, Costello.
Max Bohland, the 'cross-country
champion, registered another victory
over Charles Pores Amcs.can five-m mile
champion, when he beat the latter in
the fast time prize competition. Boh-
land displayed an especially creditable
performance in finishing hfty-ninth,
while Pores, to the surprise of many,
followed home in eighty second position.
After the officials had revised the
times of the respective athletes they
finally credited Bohland with traversing
the distance in 20 minutes 26 seconds,
and Pores 90 minutes As seconds.
Louis Kaufman, Brooklyn A. A., was
also determined fighter for this prize
until the final mile. Here he was
seized with stitch in the side, which
compelled him to stop when sprinting
along 100 yards in front of Bohland.
The most sought for prize of the
event, the John Wanamaker team
trophy, went to the Brooklyn Athletic
Association when these young barriers
compiled a winning total of 50 points
Special credit for the victory is due to
!Icrzig, Jekcl, Mueller and Cohen,
who succeeded in finishing within
the first twelve athletes. Lorenz,
in thirty-tifth position, clinched
the prize. The Paulst Athletic Club
was a stubborn individual for this
prize, following in second place, eight
points behind, while the Mohawk Ath-
letic Club was third with S3 points
Seven other organizations, making a
total of ten, succeeded in completing
teams of five men of the seventeen
clubs entered
A crowd estimated at more than 5000
surrounded the starting and finishing
point, which was at Hamilton Fish
Park, and it was only the diligent work
of the uniformed police that was re-
sponsible for the absence of the crowd
ing features witnessed usually at these
contests. Thousands of other onookers
viewed proceedings from windows and
housetops surrounding the square,
while spectators ten feet deep lined the
course for the first two blocks.