The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
Victory Awarded to the Yankee,
Hayes, Who Came Second
on His Own Legs
Most Sensational Race Since
Days of Ancient Greece
Seen by 100000
Four of Uncle Sans Athletes
and Three Canadians in the
First Ten to Finish

LONDON, July zt-It would be
no exaggeration in the minds of any
of the 100000 spectators who wit
messed the finishing struggle of the
Marathon race at the Olympic arena
today to say that it was the most
thrilling athletic event that has oc-
CURED since that Marathon race in
ancient Greece, where the victor fell
at the goal and, with a wave of tri-
unph, died.
Today the Italian, Dorando, tot
tered into the stadium, fell exhausted
before his full course was run, arose
and staggered across the line. assisted
by officials OF the games. Then he col
lapsed, was carried from the track on
a stretcher and nearly paid with his
life for his gameness- But the assist
ance given him at the end cost him the
coveted victory and the race was given
10 the sturdy American. Hayes. who
came to the goal on his own legs.
The veteran athletes OF Europe.
America, Africa and Australia who
have seen the greatest struggles OF
every sort on land and water for ath-
letic supremacy declared that there was
nothing comparable TO the great race
today within their memories or in the
other Olympiads since the modern cycle
OF these began
Il was a spectacle the like OF which
none living had ever seen and none
who saw expect TO see repeated. The
race itself, with So best men win
r1ov ed fHsa Of
nents competing; the arena where It
was finished in the presence OF an
enormous cosmopolitan assemblage.
with the queen OF England, the royal
representatives OF several nations and
hosts OF finely dressed men and women
from the most fashionable circles OF
Europe, as well as several thousand
Americans. and the dramatic and ex-
citing denouement at the end combined
TO make a historic day.
RESENTMENTS FORGOTTEN
1t was an American day, and the re-
sentiments OF yesterday. which ranked
strongly in the breasts OF Americans
here when they came to the stadium
this afternoon. were forgotten. not only
in the victory OF John F. Hayes, the
Irish-American athletic club runner,
but in the splendid record made by the
other Americans. who were well to the
front in the lines OF those that hn-
ished.
Since the beginning OF the Olympic
games the great rivalry has been be-
tween England and America. and while
the minor competitions on the track
and field between the two nations
specialized were fought out English
men cOnsoled themselves for all the
American successes BY the thought that
- the domain OF distance running they
always had been supreme. and what
ever prize they failed 10 grasp in this
the colOniafs would pick up.
The sequel may be told briefly. Six
Americans started in the Marathon
race and nine English runners Oe
the first 10 men to reach the coveted
goal four were Americans. and they
are officially placed as follows:
Hayes. first; Joseph Forshaw. Mis-
souri, athletic club. third; A. R Welton,
Lawrence Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, fourth. and Lewis Tewanina.
the Carlisle Indian. ninth.
The second man was HefferOn or
South Africa. He was the Oldest
among the runners. having "a years to
his credit. and he made a remarkabIe
pace almost to the end OF the IS miles
OF the struggle, but Hayes was the bet
ter man. Friends OF HenerOn explain
that he is at his best at 40 miles, and
that today's event was too short for
him, but certainly he is one OF the
uAOSl WOuucAAul runners IN the world
FIRST BRITON TWELFTH
The first Englishman who crossed
the line came in twelfth. He was ".
T. Clarke and was not one OF those.
counted on TO win Duncan, the former
English champion. who won the pre-
Hminary English trial. fell out at the
twelfth mile, ard. like several other
contestants, was taken into a motor
car and brought TO the stadium
1t is considered generally that the
race is not only triumph for the
United States but. in large sense, for
America, because seven OG the leaders
at the end were from North America
The three Canadians-Wood the Indian.
Simpson and LawsOn-fnished NTH.
sixth and seventh. respectively. and.
with the Representatives OF the United
States. deprived England OF its claim to
leadership in the long distance run
ming branch OF athletics.
II will not snatch any laurels from
the brow OF Hayes. who won good
race. TO say that the hero OF the day
was the Italian DorandO. The admira-
ton and sympathy OF every person in
the stadium went out to the gallant
Italian. who. although he did not win.
deserved to win. and did more within
the limit of his powers than any other
man who ran
The crisis in a battle. on which the
life OF a nation hung. could hardly
have been more impressive than Do
rando's entrance into the stadium. Ten