The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
MARATHON RACE IS
Won BY I. K, HICKS
Cambridge, Mass, Man Proves
to Be the Fleetest at the
st. Louis Stadium.
INITIATES ANCIENT RACE
Thirty Five Runners Start in the %
Mile Course in Effort to Beat the
Traditional Record of the
Ancient Runner.


Ancient Runner.
81. Louis. Sept. 1.-The Olympic
Marathon race the third foot race con-
test of the kind ever held on American
soil, participated in by thirty-one men
elassed among the tleetest runners OF
the world, was won by Thomas Il.
Hicks of Cambridge Mass. who is the
first American to win this event. cele-
brated in the revival of Olympic
n native born Frenchman. crossed the
goal line second, and A. l., Newton, of
New York city. crossed tcird.
The distance of the race was 40 kilo-
meters, equal to "a miles and $500
yards. The distance was run by Hicks
in the officially announced time of
hours, 2S minutes ana 53 seconds;
Corey 8 hours. 81 minutes and Is sec
onds; Newton. hours. Al minutes and
SO seconds.
The Marathon race is so called from
the tradition that after the victory of
the ancient Greeks at Marathon a mes
senger was dispatched afoot to carry
the news to Athens. He ran the dis
lance which was the same as the
course for the modern race, in time
that has never been equalled but once
since. The tradition says that the run
ner of Marathon dropped dead after he
had completed the course; and it is also
a tradition in athletics that the only
modern runner to equal the time made
on that historic day also died of the eff
fects of his eXertion. 1t is probably
the most difficult of athletic events.
Earlier Olympic Events.
One worlds fair record was broken.
two olympic records We're lowered and
one Olympic record was equaled as
results of the first days events in the
Louisiana Purchase exposition revival
of the famous athletic classic, the
Olympic games. Athletes from many
nations met the pick OF American
sprinters. jumpers, distance and weight
men in the first six events of the card
that will furnish entertainment to
lovers of sport for the next week. There
We're also four handicap events that
resulted In more even competition and
gave several close finishes. There
were about 5000 spectators present
when the first heat in the fifty motor
run. the opening event, was run. The
time in this heat equaled the record
made at the Paris revival of the
Olympic games in 1900 The second
time.
The first Olympic record to go was
broken by John Flanagan, of the
Greater New York Athletic association.
His first essay with the 16-pound ham
mer resulted in a throw of 1865 feet
l inch, exceeding the record made by
him In Paris by inches.
Standing Broad Jump.
The standing broad jump brought
out field that has never been equaled
in the history of American athletics.
The first jump, that of c. NJ. King, of
Mckinney, Tex, exceeded the Olympic
record by y of an inch.
Ray Ewry, of the New York Athletic
club. holder of the Olympic and worlds
records, followed and on his first jump
beat the Olympic record and came
within 2 inches of equaling the worlds
record with a jump of II feet inches.
King proved to be persistent per-
former and on each essay did better
than on his previous appearance. His
best jump was 10 feet So inches. This
mark was also made by John A. Biller
of Newark, N. j.
Ewry. however, demonstrated that his
championship form had not deserted
him and established a new world S
record Of II feet AS inches. His Jumps
feet PA inches. II feet Az inches
breaking his own worlds record of II
feet inches, and II feet Az inches
John J. DAILY. of ireland, got off in the
| lead in the 500 meter stceplc and ran {
magnificent race but was headed by
James -. lAlSnlDOuy OIL tile chicago AIN
ictic association in the last lap, and beatcr
TO the tape by acant margin. The staeple
chase was novelty in this country.
Summary of Events.
SSo.yard handicap. event-John Runge
Berlin. Germany Go yards), won; j. p
Pcckmac, Montreal, Can. (scratch, sec
ond: f nc, G: Roth Los Angeles. d5 yaids)
Final heat, GO-meter run-Archie Hahn
NJ. A. c.. Milwaukee. won: w. Hogenson
Chicago Athletic club, second; f. Il. Moul
Blair, c. A. A. fourth. Time, G7
4OO-meter run-Harry Hillman, N. Y. y
G., New York, won; Frank Waller, NJ. A
St. Louis fourth. Time. :4sN. "
The worlds record for 400 meters wa:
broken by Harry Hillman: of the New
held BY NJ. w. Long, of the New Yorl
Athletic club, which he made at the Pari
revival of the Olympic games in 1900.
Throwing the 16-pound hammer-Johl
Flanagan N. Y. l. A. a, New York, won
165 feet inch; John p. Dewitt. Princeton
feet X inch; G. Chadwick, \. Y. A. c.
New York, fourth, $40 feet AZ inches
h fha hars g yards
T. w. Schulz. NJ. A. G.. Milwaulse,
(scratch. second; Ted schideler, G. A. A
fourth. Time. 1855.
sI putt1g the ls2pound shot. y, hanAica!
feeO. second. a feet s,l inches: NJ. j. shcr
ldan; G: n. Y. a a. A. A., New York GO feeO
Standing broad tump-Ray Ewry. n. y
g: NJ; King. Mckinney, Tex, second, j