The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-25
NOTHING COMPARABLE
DECLARE WORLD'S ATHLETES
Fiity-Eight Of Best Runners
From -Four Continents
Competing
(By Associated Press.)


London, July 25.lt would be no
exaggeration in the minds II any of
1 the 100000 spectators who Witnessed
the finishing struggle of the Mara
thon race at the Olympian arena TO
| say that it was the most thrilling ath.
Lotto event that has occurred since
that Marathon race in ancient Greece
where the victor fell at the goal and
with a wave or triumph. died
The veteran athletes OF Europe
America, Africa, Australia. who have
been the greatest struggle Of every
sort on land and water, for athletic
supremacy declared that there waf
nothing comparable TO the great race
yesterday within their memories OF
in the other Oiympiads since the mod
ern cycle OF these began
1t was spectacle the like of which
none had ever seen and none who saw
it expect ever to see repeated. The
race itself. with 5s OF the best mel
winnowed from thc runners of foui
continents competing, the arene
where it was finished In the presence
of an enormous cosmopolitan crowd
the queen Cf England, the royal repre-
sentatiyes OF several other nations
AMI hostsOf finely dressed men anc
women from the most fashionable
circles Of lmsope as well as several
thousand Americans and the dramatic
! and exciting denouemont al the enc
combined 10 make an historic day Il
was American day and the resent
ments of Thursdey, which ranked
lsIneiy in the breasts of Americans
/ here wnen they came to the stadium
were iecJotten not only IN the victory
of John H. Hayes, the Irish-American
athlete club runner. but / nthe splend
1 n record made by the other Ameri.
cans Who We're well 10 the front in the
Lime OF those that finished Since the
/ beginning Of olympic games the great
rivalry has been between England and
4 America.
4 The sequel may be told briefly
Six Americans started in the Mara
( thon race aud nine English runaers
4 OF Tie first ten men 20 reach the coy
cted goal. four were Americans and
they are officially placed as follows:
4 Hayes first; Joseph Forshaw, Nils
souri Athletic club, third; a X. Wei
ton. Lawrence y M. G A., fourth, and
{ ewis TeWina, the Carlisle Indian
ninth. The second man was Heffer
non. OF South Africa. lie was the Old
Icst among the runners, having "a
yeers t. h's credit and he made q re
mar&able pace almost 10 the end oi
26 miles Of the struggle, but Eayes
was the better man
Does Net Mar Laurels.
It wiz not snatch ony laurcls from
the brow OF Hayes, who won a goot
race. O. Gay that the hero of the da,
was the Italian Dorsndo. The admir-
alton and sympathy of every persoi
in the stadium went cut to The gal
lant Italian, who. although he didn
win. deserved 10 win and did nlol
within the limits OF bis powers thar
any other man VA ran.
The crisis in a battle OH which th'
life OF nation hung could hardll
lhave been ms &c Impressive than do
randO's entrance into the stadium
Ten nfinutos Before the megaphon'
1 announced the rurhcts are in sight
gums had proclaimed The arrival o
tae leaders an the nearest station o
the cougse. ga intense silence oven
hung tho stadium while tie thousand
awaited breathlessiy the approach 0
the first man.
Fer ten minutes all eyes were fc
cused on the gate almost directly cl
4 posite the royal stand, whore the cor
iestants were to enter Finally. afte
what seemed to be an intolerable aus
pense a runner staggered down th
incline leading TO the track IL
was clOtaed ia G white shirt and re
knee pants He stood for mcmen
As though dazed and then turned I
the left. although a red cora had bee
drawn about the tract, IN the opposit
direction for the runners to follow
squad OF officials ran ont and expo
tulated with him. but apparently h
was afraid that they were trying
deceive him and fought TO 60 on /
the left At length he turned abcs
and started On The right path alon
the track. Then followed an exhib
tion never TO be forgotten by thos
Ash0 witnessed a.
The colCr5 and the number told III
spectators that u was DOrandO an
his mamie was on every hp lie fta
serei aieng the clnder path like
man in . dream his gaiif neither
walk mr. a run. bur simply a iioundl
uth Grma saaHpg aud iess tctiefin
hy iefioHs ways fe went Oh. Fecp
hai lcsi t1orsti ~ bis uaiionalil
and polf'sfpsA'r Fas forgotten
Limit q Endurance
Doando staggered on towards a
uTu ard ar pped % ihe ground q