Ashland Stadium, East Orange, NJ | August 22, 1925 (main meet)
Van Cortlandt Park, New York, NY | November 7, 1925 (XC)
In the 100-yard dash at the Metropolitan Association Championships in the New York area, some of America's fastest men crouched in the starting line. Loren Murchison dashed to victory. Jackson Scholz was left behind, as was Chester Bowman, the winner of the IC4A championships.
In the 220-yard dash, Scholz surged to victory, as befitting a 200-meter Olympic champion. Bowman finished third
In the half-mile dust-up, Pincus Sober of CCNY exploded into high gear on the final turn. After dogging it in the rear for most of the race, he started leaving his rivals in the dust one by one, finally blowing past the last poor sap on the home stretch.
Finland achieved a double victory in the 6-mile race. Ville Kyrönen, who owned a small bakery in the Big Apple, run to victory, and Ilmari Prim strolled to second place. Ville Ritola did not participate.
Nordic performances were not limited to the 6-mile race, as Sweden's Carl-Axel Christiernsson sprinted to victory in the high hurdles.
The "Wolf of Peräseinäjoki" began to regain his running form in late autumn 1925. He won the US 10-mile championship as a test. He was also unstoppable at the Metropolitan cross-country championships. German Wachsmuth tried to draft behind him but had to give up after less than a mile.
The Finnish-American Athletic Club performed well in the team competition. In addition to Ritola's victory, Yrjö Korholin-Koski (pen name Karl Koski) finished third, Ilmari Prim fourth, Ville Kyrönen sixth, Lauri (Leonard) Tikkanen eighth, and David Fagerlund ninth.
1-4 (Spalding's Athletic Almanac, 2026)
Main meet
Uusi Suomi, September 16, 1925 (in Finnish)
XC
Helsingin Sanomat, December 1, 1925 (in Finnish)