The sun., 1908-03-25
AMATEURS IN LONG RACE.
J. p. MOrrISsey Of Mercury A. c. Wins
~ Mile Contest.

- WHO NOutOst'
J, p, Morrissey, youngster from the
Mercury A. c. Of Yonkers. won the twenty-five
mile run given by the new Polo A. A, at Fiss,
Doer Carrolrs horse mart last night ana
he was a mile ahead Of his nearest opponent
Al Hayden. a fellow clubmate, when he
finished. James Clark OF the Xavier 4, A.
was third man home and he was nearly
half mile behind Hayden, Morrisey's time
was hours 81 minutes 55 seconds, or exactly
? minutes 81 seconds behind the American
record for the distance and which has stood
to the credit Of j. Gassman OF Brooklyn
since February %, 1884
The Mercury boy did not figure In the
early part Of the race, but strobe around
lockstepped with, Hayden at steady gait
and they gradually worked their way TO the
front Until three miles from home Morrissey
waited on Hayden when he cut loose and
set sail for the record. II was too late, and
good as was his work he could not make
up the ground which he loafed away earlier
In the contest. The track was Of cinders and
fourteen laps 10 the mile.
Nineteen men started and In the string
were all the long distance material OF the
locality and there were some from outlying
districts. W. lyey, a. colored man hsllen
from the Y. VI. e. A. Of New Canaan. There
Marathon and ". q Frank. who was tied in
the Athens Marathon Of two years ago
Eddy Carr, always popular with the rooterei
was there. The competitor who aroused
the most sympathy was William shea OF the
Trinity A. c. He declared himself 70 be, ?l,
but ne did not look TO be that age and was nut
a mere stripping in appearance. LOUIS ";
lemeran OF Brooklyn, came N late ana
wanted 10 start after the men had gone about
a mile. but Referee james z. Sullivan refused
10 let him 90 on the path.
When the crowd steamed away Frank
made the pace and he was IN the lead az ihe
for the next two miles, when Frank came
again and went by the fiye mile mark IN -
minutes 50 seconds. Carr, Mellor ana LorI
were close up, and after a lap or two Carr
shot into the cad and made the pace nnlIl
woke up and sprinted into irst place ana
began to draw away from the front brigade:
A. nine miles be had a lead OF nearly nail
a lap on Carr. with Frank the same distance nee
in third place. Mellor's time for ten miles
was "a minutes ~ seconds and Carr MADE
the ten miles - seconds later. while Franks
time was 8O minutes seconds
Nlellor was sill showing he way a. eleven yer
flag Of distress and Carr began 10 gain on the
Mercury runner 4 lap or so before twelve
miles Carr took the lead and the NNay,er
contin gent went mad with cheering. Melior
gave up after he had covered twelyes mues
and Ave laps Carr had his troubles soon
sftergard and toward fourteen miles he
stopped for couple Of laps, but went on
again. Passing the fourteen nile post the
time was | hour 2s minutes ~ SECONDS
After a couple OF laps more Carr went out
FOR good and J. 7 Morrisey Of the Mercury
A. c. took the lead and close behind hlm
was Al HAYDEN a clubmate. Frank VAS
falling away at every lap nnd stopped tor
good when hopelessly behind at sixteen miles
ten lapE
At fifteen miles Morrissey was ~ the lead
with Hayden a yard or 80 behind, Inc
record for this distance is hour 27 minutes
1 AS seconds made by Sid Thomas IN 1889
and MorTissey's time was hour 40 minutes
In seconds By consistent work James
Clark Of the Xavier was in third place az elN-
teen miles but half mile behind the leaoets,
The time for nineteen miles by Morrissey was
hours II minutes 20 seconds and there being
no old record for the even nincteen mlIes
these figures form new mark, me Olu
record FOR nineteen miles 1863 yards vas
hours minute 30 seconds outdoors al hanll-
ton Ontario, In 1907 by C. u Bate.
The runners were dropping out one by
one after the twenty-'lrst mile. ,Joseph
Geiger Of the Germania ran until he dropped
clean on the floor. Facing the twenty Two
miles Norrssey drew away from Hayden.
In lssq 'har hair mile ha had gatned lap
and as far as first place was concerned the
race was over, for Morrissey went clean
away and won by mile from Hayden, win
Clark Of the Aaviers third,