The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-07
PECULIAR FREAK IS SIDNEY HATCH,
STAR WESTERN MARATHON RUNNER

long-dtstance runners and always
thought / would like 10 try myself out
with some OF the best OF them. 1 dis
covered that | had plenty OF wind
was never in trouble with my wind
In my regular daily try-outs. FlnAilS'
In 1904 at the worlds fair Marathon
IN ~. Louis l entered In the Dig race.
| was too tinid 20 ask any one TO help
me train and thought my hard morning
work would be sufficient, but found
out IL was not when stacked up
against those athletes. / finished ninth,
Tut was not satisfied with myself.
was tired all the way and knew that
II in condition / could make a much
better showing. In 1903 trained l
had l won | would probably have been
a candidate for the Athens race Tor
Forshaw beat me and he raced In me
Athens Marathon Forshaw nnished
tenth in the foreign race. should
have beaten him IN 81 Louis and made
up my mind that l would turn the
trick next time / faced him.
I'm the Chicago Marathon event In
1905 I was third 10 Metzner and Ken
redy and inisned strong. / began 10
nothing TO make myself Marathon
runner | studied every mans style,
especially when they passed me on the
road. In the spring OF 1905 went
to St Louis in better condition than
had even been before In any or my
races was after Forshaw's scalp
and | got IT, II WAS strictly Chicago
race. as Thibeau Was second and Marks
third Ny time was 2:4s.l4 35. In
tue n A. l. Marathon held by the 6.
\ A | finished third 10 Hicks and
Thibeau that same year, In the fall
n Was second 10 Bennett In the Illinois
Athletic club Marathon. On April 20.
1907. | went TO Boston and nnished
seventh 10 Tom Longooat In which ne
made the worlds record OF p anu
In June / won the ST Louis Mara
thon again. defeating Thibesu and
ForshAw Following not long after,
! ran fifth in the Chicago l. A. c. event,
won b. Thtbeau. with Corey second and
Fenton third on Thanksgiving day,
1904 at ionksrs. y Y | FINISHED Shut vi,
feeling well and could not get Up my
usual steam at the nnish
Il run because | love the sport.
would not sell one OF my silver cups
FOR ten times its real value. The one
won last week Is worth about s25o
and is the handsomest I have ever won.
need the money. but ] love TO look az
these cups and recall what hard times
had 10 win them.
hardest battle / ever had and had not
my legs had the years OF training
could not have won. was the victim
perfectly legitimate. Two fast Y. NJ
C. A athletes were put In the race to
set the early pace. For the nrst ten
miles they hit up I'm terrific shape. 1
hung to these two fellows. who alter
mated in thelead. for over ten miles
While | was running through one OF
the towns in Illinois little boy ran
along with me and said
:" Say Hatch. those two guys IN
are trying 10 kill you Off. so he can
come on and win. They can't go the
route. Don't let them pump you out.
I'm from Chi and | want 10 see you
win
Then Forshaw came up and passed
me He was hitting up sprint which
I knew could not last. j let him go
| by and he took lead OF about 100
| yards / kept up my steady pace, hard
| ~ changed except trine slower since
I 1 started out
! II expected TO see Forshaw quit as
| he looked like death when he went by
me Neither OF us spoke. We were
probably too tired.
FINALLY | struck the approach to
the Eads bridge. The Hill climbing