New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

Inc sensational squirt by simmons
during the last 600 yards of the jour
ney overshadowed the other features
that marked the event. With the finish
line only a short distance away. Sim
mons started his we'll known sprint to
rush past William MacMahon. of Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology, for
first honors
Thunderous applause greeted the
flying Syracuse athlete as he sped
through line of 5000 spectators for
about 800 yards toward the finish.
MacMahon put up game battle, only
to have the honors wrested from him
when he had visions of being crowned
the college hill and dale champion of
the United States. However, Simmons
proved that he was entitled to the
honors.
Fast Time by Winner
Simmons completed the sixmle trail
of rougnt ground and steep hills in 80
minutes So As seconds, which is the
second best time for the course. Sim
mons time is almost five seconds
faster than he made when he captured
the junior national A. A. U. cross
country championship and Syracuse
the team honors in the annual race
over the same course two weeks ego.
With Simmons first and MacMahon
second, the next four positions in
order went TO Robert Crawford,
Lafayette; Tom McDermott, Cornell;
Lewis G. Watson, Syracuse. and w. NJ.
Cummings, Pennsylvania.
While Syracuse's defeat of Prince
ton for the team honors caused sur
prise, the Tiger representatives were
not in their best condition. Three of
the members who started sustained in
juries several days ago during
practice run over the Princeton
course, but rather than not be rep
resented Keene Fitzpatrick decided to
allow them to compete. Consequently.
much credit is due the Princeton men
for finishing second with 60 points.
Cornell, fifteen times winner of the
team honor7 did not present q squad
of the Moakley standard. and finished
third with 80 points while Pennsyl-
vania Jared much better than it eX-
pected in pulling down fourth honors,
with 1T points. Yale was fifth, with
119 points.
The winning members of the
which they finished were: Simmons.
first; Watson. fifth: H. Johnson.
seventh; W. Campbell sixteenth. and
Morris Fellman, twentieth.
Two Records Establ shed
L uc tHiIU competition VI tIt tOllcSC
event over the Van .Cortlandt Park
trail saw the establishing of two
records One was for the number of
scheduled starters, although many en-
trants failed to start while the other
was the attracting of 600 persons to
the starting and finishing point. AL
though there were $50 barriers. repre-
senting fifteen institutions, entered
culy seventy-four runners and thir-
teen teams started. Among the alb
sentees were Penn State and Maine,
which were expected to furnish con-
siderable opposition in the team score
controversy.
At the start the field engaged in n
mad fight for the lead. with the COM
petitors running grouped until the first
ascent of the golf links hill was begun.
Positions then changed frequently,
with the result that Crawford Sim
mons, MacMahon and H. Reed. of Yale,
were out in front at the summit of the
climb.
However. Crawford was determined
to find out the real strength of his
rivals He leaped forward into d long
sprint as the macadamized Moshu u
Parkway road was reached. MacMahon
and Simmons glad Y welcomed the chal-
lenge, while McDermott, Irwin, of
Princeton; Cummongs. of Penn, and
Watson took up the chase. Swinging
into the hard underbrush of the back
woods Crawford sti maintained few
yards advantage over MacMahon, who
was following leisurely in second place,
with half dozen runners following
on the heels of each other.
Taking the turn around the water
jump MacMahon sped into the lead
and was setting a stiff pace for Craw-
ford, McDermott. Simmons, Irwin and
Reed, fol owed in the order named.
The first real of test of the sturd
ness of the runners came at the ap-
proach of the how'de covered Gene
terry Hill. MacMahon took his strides
with the firmnes of Rocky Mountain
goat Crawford, fami lar with the rocky
course, $50 picked his way forward
while the other runners stretched out
behind
When the runners had reached the
top of the hill there was a shout from
the spectators gathered at the start
ing point ard considerable surprise
was manifest when it was seen that
Simmons was not in the van. However
Syracuse followers. and there were
many present, were treasured almost
Immediately when Simmons was seen
10 follow in fourth place, only five
yards behind the leaders.
Stepping onto the Polo Field, Mac
Mahon maintained three-yard advan-
tdSe over CRAWFORD, but IN the run tC
complete the 1lrst lap of three m les
the latter was at his rivals shoulders
as they passed the judges in l6 m,n-
utes II 1-5 seconds for the first circuit
of the course. McDermott and Sim
mons were running together, only one
yard back. while like distance be
hind and also teamed came Irwin ant
Reed.
The positions of the runners re
manned unchanged until after the gol
links Hill had been traversed for tn,
see nd time. Upon reaching the Mo
sholu Parkway Simmons made his bid
He cha,.enged McDermott for thirt
place and the Cornellan began t,
falter after sprinting along for fft
yards. Simmons had also pulled along
side OF Crawford, who had drorpe,
aoout fifty yards back of MacMahon
VINO was tearing along wildly in tn
van.
Simmons Takes Lead
With only one mile left, MacMaho,
still maintained his ffty-yard advan
tage and it looked like hopeless tasl
for Simmons to cut down this lead
However. Simmons had not called int,
play his reserve stamina and speed, fo
he spurted and BEGAN closir~ thn csp
At the oot of Cemetery Hill MacMa,
hon still led bV twenty wards opd we,