The sun., 1919-05-18
BOHLAND CAPTURES
HILL AND DALE TITLE
Leads Pores by Yard in Metro
politan Championship at
Van COrtlandt.
ANDY CRAW IS THIRD
Millrose A. A. Takes Team
Trophy With Fine Score
Of Fl Points.
ny GEORGE II. UNDERWOOD.

Tho rain, which falleth on the just
and the cross-country runners, failed to
| prevent the annual metropolitan senior
cross-country championships from being
| staged over the Van Cortlandt Park
| course yesterday. For the second time
In week Max Bohland, national hill
and dale champion, flung his feet In the
race OF Charlie Pores. national Ave mile
champion and American record holder.
| Bohland beat Pores in the Evenins Mail
| Marathon a week ago.
In stubborn duel through the mud
and the rain Bohland led Pores over the
line by yards advantage in B4:31,
good time considering the adverse con-
| ditlons. More than a hundred yards In
the wake Of the lead pair came Andy
| Craw or the Brooklyn A. A., Junior met
ropolitan title holder. who defeated
Viller kyronen. the former 1--WE mile
champion, for third laurels
Finishing men in second third, fourth,
| NTH and seventh position the Millrose
! A. c. kept its point total down TO the
| splendid score Of 81 points and captured
the team laurels. With a tally Of IS
the Paulist A. C. finished second. The
Mohawk A. c. with 81 points was third
| The Brooklyn A. A. did not finish
team
| The st. Christophers A. C. and the
Mornngside A. C. decided their repre-
| sentatiyes were not mud horses and de-
| c!ined to start because Of the weather
| and course conditions. On account Of
| the protest of the two fair weather clubs
the start was delayed for an hour before
Referee Frederick w. Ruben gave the
| word to the clerk OF the course OF call
the men to their marks.
Twenty-six starters.
Twenty-six timber legged barriers an
| swered the call to post. rather a small
field for a metropolitan hill and dale
title event. Twenty-one OF the original
starters completed the course. -Four
succumbed to the gruellng going and
dropped out
| Frederick w. Ruben. president OF the
! Metropolitan Association, announced
that Nick Giannakopulos and Victor
| Noteretsas of the Millrose A. A.. who
finished seventh and tenth respectively,
probably would be sent across the brlny
to compete in the interallied games,
which will be held In the Pershing
stadium at Joinville du Pont next
month.
Nick the Greek" as Giannakapulos Is
his Grecian American clubmate Noteret-
sas. both are veterans OF the world war.
Each vas a former member OF the old
Seventy first New York and went 20
France with the Twenty-seventh Divis-
ion. They were ia all OF the bloody en-
gagements General Organs boys fig
ured in. Noteretsas was wounded but
Nick escaped unscathed.
| Notsretsas and Giannakapulos will be
entered in both the cross country run
and the ten mile event at the interallied
games in France next month. Sam Dali
las. president Of the A. \. u, and Fred
erick Ruben. secretary treasurer. were
| IN Washington early last week con-
fcrring with Gen. March about ways
and means to transport the soldier ath-
lctes back to France for the big games
Little Time 10 Train.
on account OF the delay the A A. L
made In taking up with the idea, which
was suggested by the New York A. G
last winter, plans are in rather cha
otto state and the athletes will have 1T
: tie time to Fl themselves for the big
meet.
The field OF twenty-six starters were
sent of the mark in drenChlng down
pour The dash across the first meadow
. lelt the PACK well Duutlths VIII DUN
ti&nd ard Pores up in the van making
the pace. When the two leaders started
up the hill across the golf links the pacl
; began to straighten out and when Mo
sholu avenue was crossed the line wal
. long with many gaps in the ranks.
, Bohland and Pores continued to due
. along in front. Crossing the railroad
d tracks on the first leg of the cours'
they were running as pair and fighting
: for every inch. The first strike OF th'
trail was completed with Bohland ant
; Pores practically racing abreast.
y In the second drive over the course
4 Bohland forged away 10 few yards
lead Entering the long stralghtaway
/ Pores began to close on him. BohlanC
had no spiked shoes and found the slip
: perry turf dangerous footing. Max, how
i ever, kept straight and true on the vic
4: tory trail and STAYED Off the desperate
l. finishing squirt made by Pores
= The Finish.