New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

Morningside Harrier Wins
Handicap Road Race IN Bronx
Miiofsky, With Start of
2:45, Defeats Thonap-
son by 90 Yds. in Run
By lack Masters

The Morningside a. c., king PIN OF
the small athletic clubs in the East
added to its long string Of victories
yesterday afternoon when Louis Nil
ofsky, veteran member OF the Bronx
organization, defeated fair field Of
barriers in the six-and a half mile
handicap road race held by the Man
haitian Bronx Athletic League from the
clubhouse of the San Salvatore Club
Miofsky, who started from the 2:45
mark. negotiated the course in 34: %,
defeating George Thompson. St. Chris
topher Club, by sixty yards. The lat
ter had a handicap of 3:15. P. Birch,
St. Jerome's Catholic Club, with a
start of , :45, was a poor third. Fas.
time honors went to Irving Prina,
Finnish American A c. (scratch}, who
/ bettered the winners time by one min
ute SIX seconds.
The race, which was an invitation
affair, was arranged primarily to give
the athletes an opportunity to become
/ accustomed to the course, over which
the open ran Of the San Salvatore Club
Will be held Sunday after next IN
> N'Nt 'A1"4.- = ySo tStUdi performance
viii Give the followers of this sport a
fairly good line on what may be ex-
pected OF their favorites in the com
ing metropolitan 'cross-country cham
pionship.
Limit Man Sets Pace
John Mccarthy, St Jerome's c. c..
a limit man, undertook to blaze the
trail for the field of sixteen, and did
fairly well for the first two miles. when
j. Cain, of the Mohawks, and p Birch
another st. Jerome boy, forged to the
front. Mccarthy did not reunquisn
the honor position without struggle.
but after he, ,ging al the heels OF ! 40
leaders for quarter of mile he
dropped back into the second division
of the parade.
On the turn into the Grand Con-
course. which marks the fourth mile Of
the route. Milofskv, who had steadily
pulled away from the stragglers, began
an earnest chase after Cain and Eirch,
who were sailing along nicely in front.
Thompson, who had been following the
pace of Milofsky, tackled on when the
latter started his bid. and at the four
and-a- quarter mile post the Cain Birc h
train was ditched by the Milofsky-
! Thompson express.
At this point Milofsky severed con-
nections with Thompson, much TO the
latter's distress, and the Mornin ngside
A. c. star gradually opened twenty
yard gap on the negro runner. Thomp-
son made several game attempts to
draw up on even terms during the next
mile, but each time he found Milofsky
full of running.
Wins Race by Sixty Yards
Milofsky, swinging over the hard
pavements with a free-and easy stride
finished the long race in excellent con-
dition, fully sixty yards ahead OF
Thompson, who had little difficulty
staving off the belated rush of Birch.
The performance of Prim, who raced
through the field in great fashion
toward the end was worthy one. and
many thought that the Finnish athlete
would have won had he made his bid
from the start.
Another harrier who played in poor
luck was George Nlison, Finnish
American a. c. This boy is held in
esteem by the handicapper, as is evi-
denced by the fact that he got an al
lowance of only one minute, but what
ever chance he had was thrown to the
winds when George strayed from the
course in the early running. One of
the officials threw the lost man a com
pass, but when he had oriented himself
the winner, Miofsky was attacking
supper
Entry blanks are out for the third
annual ten-mle run of the Irish Amer
lean Athletic Club, Detroit The race
will be run in that city on Thanksgiving
Day, November "a. Charlie Mellor
Chicago. last years winner, and Frank
Zuna. Newark, who is considered the
American long distance champion, are
expected to meet in the auto city
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