Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-20
PAULIST A. c. ENTRANT
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD
Covers Twenty-Five Miles i'm Fast
Time of 2 Hours 10 Min
utcS So 3d. Seconds.
WINNER FORMED DoUGHBoY
Displays Strategy and Captures
Race in Last Fourteen sNiilcs
Made Excellent Record in France
Both as Soldier and Athlete.
tBy Associated Press. I

BOSTON, April lathe American
Marathon road race with the coun-
try's leading ng-tiistance runners
record time by Frank Zuna. OF
Newark, y. j.. former doughboy
In the van almost from the start
Iuna speeded up his stride in the last
fourteen miles. pulled away from
Charles Mellor, of Chicago. who had
been his running mate much OF the
distance. and finished the 25-milc
run IN hours Is minutes 81 S-5 Sec
utes faster than that of Michael ] !.
Ryan. OF New York, whose victory
In hours p minutes and 1915
seconds in 1912 was the hes: previous
time for the event.
Mellor finished second. tired run
ner, 3 minutes, Ia 2-5 seconds behind
the winner. and In third place was
Peter Trivoulidas. of New York, Win
rer last year.
Former Winners Rank High.
Former winners ranked high again.
as Carl w. " Under, of Boston, vic
TOR in 1919, was fourth. and Edouard
Fabrc. of"Montreal, winner six years
ago, was sixth. William j. Kennedy.
OF New York. the bricklayer. who
fourteenth today.
\ new conner in Marathon COM
petitions. y. X. Nicholson. OF STAN
FORD. Conn. was well up all the way
runners. Nnlar Kyronen, Otto ].
Laakso and John Con, were seventh,
eighth and ninth, and another form
f 81; douGhhoy' Robert +. Conboy. of
wounds received in battle was tenth.
Zuna, who carried the colors OF the
Pau!ist Athletic Club of New York.
ran his own race to win. Drawing
ing ovcrsea where he fought with
tho Twcntyscventh Division while
action was on and raced TO victory
in the Dion Marathon of fifteen
AIRY force cross country Champion
snip OF six miles at Paris in tic
post -armistice sports, he plotted his
strategy in advance and ploddcd
away in fulhllment OF il to success
lie accepted the pacemaking OF
Schou christensen. of ChIca go, for
time, allowed Mellor to lead slightly
TOT mile or two and TO shield him
NUS into Newton. then brushed by
him with friendly smile. went TO
the front and was never headed.
ArriFcd wearing His baggage"
as he expressed II. wearing his bag
gage After dropping his plumbing
,oois At Newark yesterday morning.
he tucked n tooth. brush in AN inside
pocket. slipped his running shoes into
larger pocket outside. and said his
running suit was where he could get
~ wien ne wanted IT. He carried
his c2r"-frce attitude into the race
and through II. and. having finished
IN record time. delayed the welcome
shower long enough TO greet Mcllor
when he had finished. Zuna had re-
vcrscd III today's race the result of
recent Marathon at Detroit, in
which Mellor was the winner and
IGna second. only eight seconds be-
hind.
The victor is 90 years old. ing
man Of 1870 pounds. of which he lost
tour pounds in the hike today lie
was the freshest of the field in ap-
pcarance Mt the finish.
Irivoulidas. the native of Greece,
made whole hearted effort TO win
again, as did Lirdcr. The latter was
in fourth place At nearly every cheek
ing point to the end. but Trivoulidas
came up from the rear after ten
miles. gained ninth place at Wcllcs-
!ey' moved up TO fourth place at New
ION boulevard, after five miles of
sitting through the field. and after
dropping back for shor; spell. and
went irto third place at the BROOK line
me, thrce miles from the finish. Tho
advantage of Iuna and Mcllor was
100 great for him to overcome. but
he held off l.inder's final rush with
marSin OF twenty-one seconds.