St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-28
Rudolph Goetz Fails to Goetz
There, but Makes a Plucky
Effort.
The Official Record for Twenty
Miles Lowered Consider
ably by Paulsen.
Six Thousand People Witness
the Race, and Are EnthuSi-
astie Over the Sport.

tiana, Norway, and Rudolph Goetz, of
Minneapolis, which took place at the
South side base ball park yesterday
afternoon, was to have been begun
at 2 o'clock sharp, butt when
that hour arrived the people
were still coming by hundreds, and as
the track all the way round was crowded
with an expectant crowd, who could
hardly be induced to move off the ice
for fear they would not see the race.
There were about 5000 people on the
ground by O'Clock, and 1000 of them
were of Paulsen's nationality, and the
enthusiasm when the little Norwegian
came into the enclosure was inspiring,
and he was cheered to the echo.
At little before o'clock the ar
rangements were all made. W. E.
Gooding had been chosen referee, and
the men were at the line ready to start.
AN IMMENSE CROWD.
The grand stand was filled to its ut
most capacity, and the bleaching boards
were also full. The seats accommodated
only small portion of the attendance
as the course was lined four deep all the
way round with people who were break
ing their neckS to see over each other.
n S.OO
the two men dashed away. Paulsen was
dressed in a dark, clOse-fitting knit
jacket and knee tights, while Goetz
wore dark red, with bright blue cap.
When the men came round the course
the first time they passed the stake III
front of the scorers stand very close
together, and a loud cheer went up
from the grand stand. 1t looked as if
there was every prospect of an exciting
race, and everybody inside the park
was more than interested. A few more
laps and it became apparent that GOetZ
was either saving his strength for some
turn in the road further OH or was en-
tirely OutclaSSed, and subsequent
events proved that the latter was the
case.
PAULSEN GAINED RAPIDLY
after the first mile, and his long, easy
stride was in peculiar contrast to the
short, jerky steps OF Goetz. Paulsen's
grace and ease on the ice are wonder
full, while his opponent seemed to be
straining every muscle. And long be-
fore Goetz quit at the fifteenth mile
it was plain that he was out
of the race. At the fifteenth
mile drew to close Manager Wettle-
son decided that it was folly to allow
the race to proceed farther, as the Min
neapolis man was in very bad condition
and could hardly have finished the
twenty miles if it had have been mat
ter of life and death. When GoetZ
passed the stake on the fourth lap of
his fifteenth mile, with Paulsen three
miles ahead, GoetZ, was advised to quit
when he had finished his mile, and
agreed to do so. He made
A GRAND Squirt
on his last lap, and finished his fifteen
miles at 4:0115. Paulsen continued to
skate, as he had already finished his
eighteenth mile and had good show to
and easily along over the ice for two
miles more, the immense thrOng cheer
ing Justify every time he passed the
goal, and finished the full twenty miles
just minutes after Goetz drew out at
the finish of his fifteen miles.
THE TINE OF THE RACE
was good, and both the ten and twenty
mile worlds record were broken, the
first by min. 81 Sec, and the latter by
% min. and 25 sec. When Paulsen
ended his tenth mile, the watch showed
that just thirty-three minutes had
elapsed since the two men started,
while the record for ten miles.
which was made by Dowd in
1885 is 36:37. 1t was nine minutes later
when Geotz came under the wire, max
ing him nearly six minutes behind the
record. The next record to be broken
Milwaukee in 1879 by Goetz, who placed
it at 1 h. 81 min. and 40 sec. But
when they got half way to that
the maker of the record was
taken off the track after making fifteen
miles in 1868. Paulsen's fifteen
miles were made in 0:5015. PaulSen
continued to fly around the track after
GoetZ had been taken off, and the en-
thuSiastic Scandinavians hOwled them
selves hoarse as he darted over the
smooth ice at the speed of locomotive.
1t was just 4:054 o'clock when he
passed the stake on his last lap, and
stopped a few feet beyond the place
where the referee stood, and he had
been hour and 81 minutes in skating
twenty miles.
IT HAS BEEN BEATEN
Although Paulsen's time is wonder
not the fastest tWenty-mile time yet
made, as Paulsen has already gone be-
low it himself in the first twenty miles
OF and eighty-mile race, which he won IN
one hour and thirty-three minutes. No
official record was, however, made OF
his time in that race. and, therefore,
Go etz held the twenty-mile champion
ship up to yesterday.
1t was known to several people day
or two ago that Geotz was suffering
from that peculiarly Minneapolis NAL
ady known as winter cholera, and it was
feared that he would not be able to
enter the race at all, but by dint OF
careful diet and proper treatment he
got somewhat better by Saturday, but
# the truth was told, was really in no
shape for long race. He realized this,
and it was only after much persuasion
that he made the attempt yesterday.
His work yesterday WasnOt as good as
he has previously done.
THEY WE'RE NOT sports"
The race proved a very interesting
sporting event and brought class of
people who could by no stretch of the
imagination be clasSed with the sport
ing fraternity, and who were Quiet and
well behaved even when the excite
ment and enthusiasm were at their
highest.
Paulsen's friends, and his country
men especially, are enthusiastic over
his performance, and Manager Wettle-
son will endeavor to match him against
Mccormick, the Eastern champion, the
race to take place al Minneapolis.
ITS ENGLISH"
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