New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

Sensational finishes thrilled the
crowd The individual honors fell to
Frank Titterton, of the Pastime Ath-
ietic Club, of The Bronx, n. Y, who
Non by mere six inches over James
McGuiness, borough rival from the
Mohawk Athletic Club. The two ath-
ictes raced so close together across
met. The first Philadelphia boy home
was James Morris, Meadowbrook Club,
who came especially fast at the end,
but was more than 100 yards in the
wake of McGuiness.
The first blood scored by the Quaker
town representatives was the winning
Of the team honors by the Meadwow-
brook Club for the third time in FIVE
Gears. These department store athletes
ed off with So points. New York clubs
cAptured the next five places. The ST..
Christopher Club was second with 78;
Brooklyn A. A. third with 80; Morning
side A. c. fourth with 80, and the
Mohawk A. c. and the Paulist A. c.
tied for fifth with 100. The Dorsett
Club representatives of this city fin
ished last with 1856.
Fine Bit of Running
A remarkable piece of running was
sAewn by Max Bohiand. Paulist Athle-
tic Club and James P. Henigan, Quar-
termaster' Corps, U. S. Debarkation
Hospital. Long Beach, in the fight for
The time prize. Although starting in
the wake of the group. Henigan fin
lshed twelfth, with Bohland two places
behind.
Henigan had a start Of 10 seconds on
bohland, who was the only entrant
starting from scratch. The two staged
a duel throughout, but Henigan always
set the pace and actually ran away
from his rival during the final three
quarters of mile. Henigan was timed
in 35 minutes, 55 seconds, and Bohland
IN SO minutes, 2 seconds.
The event apparently proved too
much for the local officials to handle
as they were unable to control the
situation at the finish. A gross mis-
take was made in mapping out the
course. as the athletes were OBLIGED
continually to run around corners.
TRAFFIC impeded the athletes and ac
counted for the poor showing of MANY
prominent athletes, who had to be con-
tent with position far down in the
table. Many of the runners did not
know they had reached the finishing
point until they were abruptly yanked
aside by an official
Says Officials Erred
A protest was filed by BohIand
against the awarding of the fast time
prize to Henigan, on the ground that
the officials had erred in checking their
time at the finish. As Hanigan sped
over the line he had a twenty-year
advantage over Bohland, who was timed
as finishing II seconds in the wake
Of Henigan.
Jimmy Curran, of Mercersburg
Academy, the timer, declared that a
mounted policeman had blocked his
view as Henigan and Bohland finished
Samuel j. Dallas, president of the
Amateur Athletic Union, who acted as
referee, officially endorsed the result
as announced. The matter will be SET
tiled by the local registration commit
tee
The runners barely had scampered
two blocks when their backs we're
spattered with mud from stepping in
water holes that abounded throughout
the course. AS Market Street was
reached Irving Berjansky, a New York
boy, was in the van, and here pedes-
TRANS f1ocked to the curb to watch the
dVHicleS
Completing the first lap Berianskv
still held his position, with John GRAY.
Dorsett Club, second, and J. P. Knox
M!orningside Athletic Club, third. Dur,
ing this period Henigan and Bohland
were having merry little battle fight
ing their way forward Ending the
second lap of the course, Knox was
ssplashing along in front, followed bv
Jack Cohen and Sam Herzig, both of the
Gray.
With the coming of the crucial point
of the race positions began to change
quickly. Starting the final lap litter
ton tor had advanced into the lead, with
MOTHS second and McGuiness third
Henlgan was twentieth, with Bohland
at his heels. Titterton and McGuiness
then began to draw away from Morris.
ana, flghting every inch of the way, fin
1shed IN an almost dead heat for first