The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-31
HICKS WINS
C''IRiE|:A' RACE.
Suffered Much From Fatigue,
But Was Full Of Grit
Throughout. 81
.0No WAS DISQUALIFIED
Became Exhausted and Rode
Three Miles iii an Au- 5
tomobilc. s@
.tRy .AsaoI,clate.d press1 s

So 3 lby5 A4aoclate FrcssJ
Il 81. LOUIS, August so,.The Olympic
Marathon rae. the, third foot race Scontcst
Of The Kind ever held. and the first ever
held on American soil. partic irated In by
Ithirty-of,e men classed among the fflee Ct
iestrunners Sof the world. WAS won to-day
by Thomas v & Hicks, OF Cambridge, Mass
who 10 the first American 70 win this;
event celebrated In the revival q Olympic
games Albert y. Corey, Of Chicago, ..
alive born Frenc Gilman, CROSSED the goal.
line second. and a.. i. Newton ~ New
York city, crossed third. The distance
of tho race was forty klometers. equal.
to tWenty-four miles and 800 yards.
This distance was run by Hicks In tie
iomc1Ally4 announced tine OF three & n ours,
8twenty-aight minutes ana flfty.threet SEQ.
tonds; C6rsy, thru hours, ttirt .four = min
sutes and sixteen seconds Newton, three
hours. forty.seyen minutes and thirty
three seconds. S y MI. nv d;
This winner Of to-day, i RAGS received j
cup presented by President Francis. OF the
sD1positlon, and an olympic schampi onship
gold medal; the second q silver medal.
and tho third OF bronze. ssE
!s Fred n L.org OF New York city. was
the first runner to cross the goal !inss
but he was named lately dtsqualif fled $,Ih
the charge that /; ne had ridden nboJt
three miles In an automobile In eSarers-
Ing tile course q over the country roads,
E1orS readily Omitted that he hid a td0i,e
10 because q physical exha AZ for
q time,
Great Crowd Present.
There were Thousands NJ Of spactatsra
IN the ID stadium amphi thea tire TO- -! ness
the start n Forty runners had l,asti q. \
tered III the race, but only thirty .o'io
started, of whom sixteen were ;Aliei:-r
cans, tan Greeks, two Kaffir O1e:s Gu :;
ban one renci, and #ous man from
rio Il Star ter' i " 81 stol cracked II asoa
80 lock sapd Hicks spranE into the g:ead.
with the field 81 following NJ his n ,eels ely,
Tho racsrsgran five laps on the st y lssum
track ana then passing ithrouE q MAJ 2
I struck * out on d q Vi country road q c0usbG
which was sd esignnted BY g red Tags
showing tho way. The course I'D over
hills ana through yalcs innuinetlb'tn.
2hiil ana Il down-hill courses ever troy
elled ~ athletes In n events, snd the
roads were 4 deep IN dust. iyaf,Eulrd
81 horsemen cleared the thorough fares.
and Judges, ls physicians and news PSF 81
men followed !. In u autoTobl lies,
Running Of 4 Hicks. II.
aaS Hicks ran with a. mechanic ai sse exact ct
ness. slowly and with every :notion isot
This body indi cat ting by rs res ulnrits
and apparent affort thai, he was sua .t:t
Ems from fatigue. But he was I'M ! q
grit In answer TO a. Questlon .as g, low
no was feeling !. he called back over MS MS
shoulder II want something e eat a.
soon AS u got there. ! m s nearly 81 :,
starved" He maintained his pace nm q, y
within two miles OF tho goal when y! "
dropped 10 walk IN climbing ~ mn. tiie
first time he had ceased @runn.nts & I. e
Isthe TOP 81 the hill crowd Shss;ed hin,
vigorously # which renewed his fl.eft:ilI'A
energy. n and III he broke into ~ I,a as
maintaining It until he reach / the y 5s,i-
trance n to NJ the Il adiuT1 tract .s$ff g 2 eI
amid tremendous cheering #ot y q ectat ,.i
he doubled 3 hie pace; q rushed half va
around Ethe track and in the Gathering
DARKNESS crossed the tape. the I Win,st
Several q runners dropped * q w t s'
along tiaf road