Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-31
AMERICAN WINS
MARATHON RACE.
Thomas J. Hicks Defeats World S
Finest Runners at st.
Louis
FIRST OF THE KIND HERE.
Another Native Son Defeated Foreign.
ers by Coming Home Second
Fred Larg Disqualified.

st. Louis, Aug co. The Olympic Mara.
thon race, tho third foot race contest Of
the kind ever held ana the first ever held
on American soil participated In by 81
men classed among the fleetest runners OF
the world was won today by Thomas j.
Hicks, Of Cambridge Mass. who Is the
first American to win this event celebrat.
ed IN the revival Of Olympic games Al
bert j. Corey, OF Chicago native born
tronchman, crossed the goal line second
and A. l., Newton, Of New York city,
crossed third. The distance Of the race
was ~ kIlometers. equal to a miles and
ijo0 yards, The distance was run in the
officially announced time Of three hours
twcnty-eigbt minutes and hfty-three Sec
onds, Corey three hours, thirty-four min.
utcs and sixteen seconds: Newton. three
noufs, torty-seycn minutes, and thirty
three seconds
The first Olympic Marathon race was
held at Athens, Greece, In 1895. and won
by Loues, a Greek I'm two hours and
and Ifty-nye minutes; the second Olym.
pic Marathon race was held I'm Paris i'm
1909. and won by TeatO OF France In two
hours and ffty-ninr minutes. The winner
or t0days race received n cup presented
by President Francis Of the exposition
ana an olympic championship gold medal.
the second a silver medal and the third a
medal Of bronze,
Fred Lorg OF New York city was tne
hrst runner 10 cross the goal line but he
was Immediately disqualified on the
charge that he had ridden about three
miles in an automobile in traversng the
course over the country roads. Jorg read
lily admitted that he had done 80 because
Of physical exhaustion for time.
Forty runners had been entered In the
n A.
were Americans. 10 Greeks. two Kafiirs'
one cuban. one FrcnChman and one man
from South Africa.
The. starters pistol cracked at 1903
o'clock and Hicks sprang into the lead,
with the field following at his heels,
The racers ran FIVE laps on the stadium
track and then, passing through gate,
struck out on the country road course,
which was designated by red flags
stuck along the way In entering the
course Hicks had fallen back with six
men ahead The course led over hhs
and through dales IN infinite number.
being pronounced one OF the most up.
NIL and downhill courses ever Travelled
by athletes IN any event, and the roads
were deep In dust. Spectators were
gathered in throngs az different points
along the way and Justify chered the
racers as they passed. A vanguard of
horsemen cleared the thoroughfares,
and Judges physicians ana newspaper
men followed In automobiles.
When the halfway point was reached
Lorg who had become exhausted,
passed IN an automobile. Mellor was
the FIRST man to pass the halfway
point, followed by Newton short dis.
lance behind and closely following New
ton came Hicks, running easily.
When the wenty.mile points had been
reached, Lorg again started running,
Hicks was running with mechanical ex-
actness, slowly and with every motion OF
his body indicating by It's regularity and
apparent effort that he was suffering
from fatigue. But he was stIll full OF
he was feeling he called back over his
shoulder; 81 want something to eat as
soon as | get there, I'm nearly starved
lie maintained his pace until within
two miles Of Tho, goal when be dropped
20 a walk In climbing a hill-tho first
time he had ceased running. At the top
OF the hill a crowd cheered him vigorous.
ly. which renewed his hagging energy,
and he broke into pace, maintaining II
until he reached the entrance TO the stad-
ium track Then amid tremendous cheer
ing Of spectators he doubled his pace,
.dshed halfway around the track and
In the gathering darkness crossed the
tape the winner.
The crowd had scarcely quietod from its
ovation when Corey, who had made trem-
entlous Roadway I'm the last stretch ran
into the stadium and crossed the line Sec
ond, Again the cheering ensued, and when
II had died away Newton ran into the
stadium and scored as third man
Long after night had fallen other run
ners struggled In,
William r. Garcia Of San Francisco one
OF the runners, was found tonight lying
unconscious by the roadside several miles
from the stadium He was conveyed to
the emergency hospital at the worlds
fair where he was restored 10 conscious.
ness. The physicians state that he will
probably be fully recovered after good
rest