New-York tribune., 1908-07-16
RELAY JOURNEY BEGINS
"LITTLE TIM" STARTS 1T.
Y. ". c. 4. Boys Take Message IN
SHuer Tube for CMcdgo's Mayor.

With hearty handshake from Acting Mayor
Little Tim Sullivan, Herbert H. Rapp, Of the
sd street Young Mems Christian Association. TOOK
the oliver tube which is to be carried by boys Of
the Young Mems Christian Association Junior De-
partment to Mayor Busse of Chicago and started
the first relay in the thousand mile run at ]"
o'clock yesterday morning. A crowd of men and
boys ran cheering behind him he swung into
Broadway. and four bicycle policemen Of the traf-
fc squad. rode ahead to clear the way.
There much ponp and ceremony about the
start, for Little Tim made a speech on the city
Hail steps. and Rapp arrived in automobile with
Richard c. Morse. the general secretary OF tie
Young Mems Christian Association who fired the
starting pistol Cameras clicked and a crowd OF
nearly ten thousand persons gave the police all
they could do to preserve the lines.
Il place In your keeping this message of good
will from the Mayor of New York to the Mayor
of Chicago" said the acting Mayor While this
means of communication is not modern. still 1t Will
serve to exemplify the prowess of our American
YOUTH
Broadway traffic was stopped by the crowd of
men and boys who traed after the first relay run
At Walker street Raf turned the silver tube
over to John Tiebout, jr. of the Bedford Branch.
Brooklyn. and there much cheering and as
many persons to start the second lap as there
We're in City Hall Park The second relay ended at
Prince street and the third at 9Th street
Each relay is half mile long. and two thou
sand boys, averaging eighteen years OF age all
members of the Young Mems Christian Association,
will run night and day with the message to Chi
cago. The boys of the Auburn branch however,
will swim across Cayuga Lake to save Journey
OF several miles around the shore
Mayor Warren of Yonkers greeted the runner
who took the message to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association building there eight minutes ahead
of the schedule time. He handed the tube to the
for the relay at 81 o'clock. and start
ed him In the direction of Ossinng. One hour and
46 minutes later the twenty-frst relay runner de
lvered the message to Dr. Madden, president OF
the village, making total of II minutes clipped
from the schedule time.
At 4:2S y. m. the had carried the mes
the thirty miles between Ossining aud
Fishkill and beaten the schedule by hour and 2
minutes. The tube. in the hands of one Of the
runners oi the Poughkeepsie branch passed
through that place at 6:02 p. IN.
The silver tube is about inches in diameter
and eight inches long. Mayor McClellan's letter,
which it holds, is follows:
City of New York,
Office of the Mayor, July 15s 1908.
To the City of Chicago:
The City of New York sends greetings by the
fleet runners of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation.
This message is borne foot. without halt
from the Atlantic Lake Michigan, and the hun
dreds of boys who carry II gain no prize, except
the consciousness Of having done their best.
GEORGE B. NJ MCCLELLAN, Mayor.
To the Hon. Fred A. Busse, Mayor, Chicago.
The six boys who will swim across Cayuga Lake
will carry the tube tied around their necks. and
will pass it from to the other in the water
Boats will be the relay stations.