The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
Orange Runners Held the
First Place Early
in the Contest.
ATHLETES ARE CHEERED
ALL ALONG THE ROUTE
Officials Following the Pace Say
They Never Saw a Pret.
tier Contest.
LATEST BULLETIN.


THIRTEENTH RELAY--C0L0NIAI.
GOLF CLUB, LINDEN-Eiixabcth Aruty
BellevilIe. second, Orange, thirds Insti-
tute, fourth; Newark, fifth, Mohawk,
sixth; 81. COLUMBIA, seventh. Time, 20
minutes. Total time, q hours ~ mlnutes.
At the point where THE EVENING
STARS great relay race from sea Girt to
Newark was two-thirds over, between
New Brunswick and the r.. r. Williams
place, fwenty-seven miles from New
ark, the BelIeviIIe catholic Club nosed
the Orange Y. VI. G. A. out OF second
place. md the last dispatches indicated
that BeIieville WIS challenging the
Elizabeth Y. NJ. G. A. for hrst place.
At Metuchen Belleville was only 400
yards behind Elizabeth, with its repre-
sentative running like the wind. The
previous five miles had been made in
81 minutes-remarlSably fine time for
, the roads.
officials travelling with the racers in
| automobiles declared that the race was
without parallel in the annals of sport.
| Belleville continued to hold second:
place through the twelfth and thir-
| teenth relays. bringing them up TO the
Colonial Golf Club at Linden.
James E. Sullivan, president of the
Amateur Athletic Union, under whose
rules and with whose supervision the
race is rum Is acting as honorary
referee and came from New York
especially to decide any protests which
may be made and to name the winners.
Mr.. Sullivan has kept In continuous
telephone and telegraphic communica-
ton with the various officials following
the racers and with the officials at the
fifteen relay stations, and will witness
the finish of the race from THE EVE
MING STAR Office.
Orange Team Leads.
The first two relays of the race gave
the Orange team a big start, which
seemed discouraging to the other teams
This lead amounted to one and one
quarter miles in the first ten miles of
the race. At that time the Elizabeth
Y. NJ c. \. was down in sixth place.
but after that Elizabeth forged ahead
and after twenty miles of heart-break-
ing running Elizabeth was only 100
yards behind the Orange team.
At the relay station between Mata-
wan and Old Bridge the Elizabeth
team forged ahead and came In tied
with Orange. A little beyond the relay
station Elizabeth shot ahead of Or
ange and had $50 yards to the good.
That was at Matawan and the racers
were then getting out of themselves
every bit of speed. officials travelling In
automobiles with the racers sent in
word by wire and telephone that 1t was
one of the prettiest contests they had
ever witnessed.
Hundreds of persons telephoned TO
THE EVENING STAR Office during the
morning and early afternoon for infor-
nation as to how the race was pro-
crossing and asking who would be the
likely winner. 1t was impossible to
give any such information for the rea-
son that from Matawan the race was
so hotly and closely contested that no
man could tell who had the best chance
to lead.
Message from Hayes.
President Sullivan had expected to
bring John J. Hayes. the winner of the
great Marathon race, with him to see
the finish of this race, the first of its
kind in athletic history. 1t is the
longest road race ever held as far as
records show.
At the last minute Hayes was unabls
to come, but sent a message to the
athletes of Newark praising road
racing and advising the athletes TO
stick to it, as 1t was the best of all
athletics
The great enthusiasm with which the
racers were met all along the seventy
five miles of the route was a surprise
to everyone. In every town and city
there were great crowds in the streets
and they cheered wildly as the racers
sped by.
In Newark there was as much II not
more enthusiasm. The bulletin board
Of THE EVENING STAR was the
mecca for great crowds BY 9 o'clock
in the morning hundreds We're watching
the first bulletins.
Slight Delay at Start.
The start at Sea Girt. which was to
have been made at $3.50 o'clock a. m,
was delayed by the fact that the Sea
Girt camp was not prepared to give
breakfast to the athletes in time. As
it would be impossible to get breakfast
before z o'clock the start was put on
until o'clock.
The seven runners, each representing
special moonlight sail to sea on the Steamer
Ma kn a