New-York tribune., 1908-03-25
LONG RACE INDOORS.
MORRISSEY ROMPS HOME.
Carr and Frank Drop Out after
FORCING Fast Pace.

Finishing strong and comparatively fresh j. P.
Morrissey, of the Mercury Athletic Club. of Yon-
kers. won the 25mile indoor race by full mile
at Fiss Doerr & CarrolIs arena last night Nor
rissey's time, . hours SO minutes and 90 seconds,
only minutes and 81 seconds behind the In
door record made by ]. Gassman IN 0-mhe
In Brooklyn back in 1884
Al Hayden. another Mercury finished sec
ond. and James Clark of the Xavier Athletic
Club. third. Other prominent starters were s. A.
Mellor. jr.. Mercury runner. and a former Mara
thon winner: Frederick LORI of the Mohawk Ath-
ietic Club. who also won the Marathon: E. F.
Carr. a Xavier favorite and william Frank, Of
the rish-American Athletic Club. These men had
things all their OWE way at the start, but they
Killed their chances by setting too fast pace.
All except two Of the original twenty-one entries
toed the scratch. Those who failed to appear were
G. NJ. p Fitzgibbon Of the Irish American Athletic
Club, and Louis H. Semeran, of Brooklyn.
More than ordinary importance was attached to
the run, IS it regarded In the nature Of try
out for the Marathon to be held in England
next summer. There was a good sized crowd on
hand and nearly every one present had some par
ticular favorite. A number Of women were in the
Lexington avenue balcony.
The race, which arranged by William H
Robertson, famarIy known Sparrow, was
well managed. James E. Sullivan. president OF the
Amateur Athletic Union acted as referee, and he
assisted by competent corps OF officials ano
scorers The track although only measuring four
path variety, found only at outdoor athletic parks
To the inspiring air OF ''Harrigan' the field OF
1.-THE limbed athletes sprang away at lively pace
After lap two The men became strung out,
with Frank In front. He closely followed by
Carr, Meor and LORI. At the end Of the first mile
Frank led, his time being 5 "a 3-5.
Frank continued to show the way for the next
mile closely followed by Carr, Mellor and LORI
The only change at the next mile that Carr
forged the front his tine being 16 Al. Frank.
Meor and LORI followed closely. This quartet had
Tapped all the others.
Carr also sped past the four mile post in the van
but five miles Frank again showed in front IN
2S:5S. Carr took the lead again at six miles. and
he still in front eight miles in AZ "a.
About this time Meor began to stir himself
and at eight and half miles shot past the Xavier
veteran AT nine miles Melor led, with Carr
ond and Frank third. A little later Mellor, thanks
a spell of strong running. succeeded in tapping
Carr. The fast pace also took all the spunk out
OF Lorz, who quit about this time
Mellor kept going fast to the eleventh mile. Carr
is AL in said good many about this time, but
just when they least expected it the Xavier man
began to spuIt and steadily picked UP the dis
tance between him and Melor. The latter sud
denly went wrong and was passed shortly before
the twelfth mile by Carr who made the distance
in 1:11:5S After running twelve miles and five
laps Melor quit.
At that time it looked like sure thing for
Carr, who laps ahead of the others. but he
soon began hanging out distress signals. His knee
became weak that he had to give it
From that point to the end 1t procession
with Morrissy drawing further and further away.
Frank dropped in the seventeenth mile
The table showing the leader at the end of
mile and mis- time follows: