New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
D0RANDO IN COLLAPSE
LONGBO4T, THE INDIAN,
WINS MARATHON RUN.
Monster Crozcd Storms Garden to
See Rdce-Italian Runner Fails
IN Last Mile.
IN Last Mile.

Tom Longboat, the famous Canadian Indian
runner, defeated Dorando Pletri, of Olympic
Marathon fame and conqueror of Johnny Hayes
two or three weeks ago in the indoor Marathon
run at Madison Square Garden last night The
time for the distance. rs miles 3s5 yards, was
2 hours. 45 minutes. 2-5 seconds
Dorando collapsed In the fourth lap Of the
twenty sixth mile, and Lonsboat loped home an
easy winner to the wild shouts of the crowd
The men ran in close company for the greater
part of the distance. with Dorando forcing the
pace except for an occasional sprint on the part
of the Indian, as if to try his opponent out. AT
the twenty-1fth mile Dorando was in front but
shortly afterwa-d he began TO show signs of
distress and the crowd prepared for his
sudden collapse in the last mile. when he fell
to the track with a crash that brought every
man and woman in the Garden to their feet.
II was a sensational ending to a sensational
race, and recalled his collapse in the Olympic
Marathon in England last summer when
he reached the stadium first but Was helped
across the line and later disqualified in favor of
John ]. Hayes.
The runners were ahead OF the record made
in the Dorando-Hayes race in the Garden
or three weeks ago up to the twenty-fourth
mile, when the fast pace began to tell. At the
end the time was So 2-5 seconds slower than
the previous mark.
twenty-five thousand persons and probably
few more stormed the Garden TO see the race.
OF this number some fifteen thousand managed
to get inside, while the others, some of whom
held tickets were turned away, or driven away,
to be exact Interest in the struggle such
that the big amphitheatre for
far too small with every foot of space
utilized and with hundreds banked around the
fence at both ends and packed six and eight
deep around the inner rail Political meetings.
horse shows and six day cycle races draw their
crowds but II is safe to say that this particular
Marathon run filled the Garden never before
The streets in the vicinity of the main
trance in Madison avenue become congested two
hours before the time set for starting the
Before O'Clock Madison avenue between 26th
and 27th streets was filled with struggling mass
of humanity many of them holding tickets who
fought and clamored for admission TO the Car
den
So long as the doors swung open the conges-
ton in the street did not become serious, but
when a little before 9 o'clock, the hour set Tor
starting the race, Battalion Chief Begin, who
was present the representative OF the Fire
Department. told Inspector McCluskey that the
Garden was filled TO it's capacity and ordered
the doors closed. scene of the utmost
fusion followed. Inspector McCluskey and
Captain Hayes of the new West 20th street
police station were on duty at the Garden
men but they were literally swept off their feet
bv the crowd that surged from all directions
toward the Madison avenue entrance
hurry call sent to the West Goth street
station for the reserves, and the came up
at the double-quick. Lines formed all
around the entrance, ana none were allowed
70 pass whether they had tickets not. Then
the police got busy. and the crowd that jammed
Madison avenue in front of the main entrance
was driven back and the police lines extended.
Al first the order included holders OF tickets of
all sorts and many who had purchased tickets
in advance to the race ruthlessly
turned back a block from the entrance. Later
this order was modified, and holders of box
seats were permitted to- approach the entrance
and go into the Garden. After hours hard
work the police succeeded in clearing the streets
of those discontented who had tickets OF
admission and who unable to get in and
those who had simply been drawn to the neigh
borhood by curiosity
Police Captain Hayes estimated that there
were fifteen thousand persons In the Garden
when the race started.
Inside scene presented that has rarely
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