Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-22
SILVER TUBE AT CHICAGO
Y. M. c. A. Relay from New York Has
Brilliant Finish.
DELAYED BY STREET TRAFFIC
At That the One Thousand Miles
is Run I'm Less Than One Hun
dred and Twenty Hours
by the Boys.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Young Mems
Christian association relay race. which be-
gan in New York at 10 a. m. last Wednes-
day, came to a brilliant close in the city
hall here at 9:SS a. m. today.
The silver tube containing the message OF
Mayor Mcclellan OF New York to Mayor
busse OF Chicago, was carried over the final
stretch by William H. McCabe of the
Evanston Young Mems Christian assoca-
ton. McCabe received the message a.
LaSalle and Monroe streets, but had a hard
time Of 1t making his way along the two
blocks to the city hall. He was compelled
to stop several times by street cars and
wagons and, as he expressed 1t, 'I made no
time at ALL" The eager faced youth was
cheered as he lodged hither and thlther in
a desperate endeavor to avoid delay.
At the city hall McCabe came under the
protecting shelter OF a squad OF police. who
kept the crowds at a respectful distance.
Mayor Busse, however, was not present and
the duty OF receiving the message developed
upon Vernon l.. Bean. secretary of the
Civil Service commission. Mr.. Bean
promptly turned 1t over to Assistant Cor
poration Council Childs, who read the soiled
typewriter message as follows:
Text of Message.
To the City of Chicago: The city Of New
York sends greetings by the fleet runners
of the Young Mems Christian association.
This message is born on foot, without halt
from the Atlantic to Lake Michigan, and
the hundreds OF boys who carry 1t gain no
prize except the consciousness Of having
done their best
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Mayor
Hon. Fred Busse, Mayor, Chicago. ILL.,"
Thus ended the race OF 1000 miles by
hundreds of boys ranging in age from II to
q years. The distance was covered in 11s
hours and % minutes. The time declared
in the mayors office to be official was
three minutes less thar this. but the an
nouncement that the finish occurred at
9:S5 instead OF 9:s5 was declared to be in
accurate.
Crowds Of spectators watched with keen
interest the clean cut youths with cleaning
limbs and eyes as they raced through the
city streets and boulevards from the time
they reached the city limits at 1853 a. m.
until the last man reached the mayors
office.
Close Amfast DfffaeuItiea.
The last 100 miles of the run was beset
with many difficulties, not only by the
traffic in the downtown district, but in the
woods and sand hills of Indiana last night
Although the runners crossed the limits
some miles out, their real entrance into the
city proper took place at Garfield boulevard
and Halstead street. Here the boys were
met by two mounted park police. who at
tempted to trot ahead of them. but were
compelled to break into canter in order
to keep up. train of automobiles pre-
ceded the runners, dropping a fresh one at
each corner to increase the speed. The last
few miles of the race was really a series Of
100 yard dashes. Another train of motor
cars picked UP each tired athelete as fast as
he finished his sprint. Inside the city It is
calculated that the boys made a rate as
high as twenty miles an hour.