Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-25
AMERICA WINS.
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| him and he felt certain from their
gait that they were about run out.
| He therefore increased his speed and
before he was through the shrubbs he
| had overtaken the South African and
had made considerable gain on
| Dornado. The time taken at the finish
| shows how well Hayes succeeded In
making UP the distance, for despite the
| assistance given the Italian, the Amer
| lean in the mile and a half distance
| from the shrubbs to the stadium de-
| creased the Italians lead from about
| six minutes to less than a minute and
he was strong while his opponent was
| completely undone.
| Torshaw was but four seconds and
a fraction behind Hefferon ard was
walking about tonight as fresh as
ever and suffering no ill effects from
the race. He, of all the men who fin
ished, probably has a clearer idea of
what happened than any one else. He
| said to Tho Associated Press tonight:
II was next to the last man to leave
Windsor. My instructions We're to keep
Tewanina with me, and if I weakened
! to send Tewanina along to win the
| race if he could do So held back un-
| ing Tcwanina along, who was suffering
from a bad knee. We passed incn time
after time Duncan, the Englishman
who was expected to win the race, was
left behind at Bridge. Tewanina, when
he saw Duncan ahead, went up to tire
| him out, which, from what I have
| heard since, he succeeded in doing.
'Hatch PASSED me once, but l over
| took him again. Hayes all the time was
we'll to the front hanging to the heels
| of Dorando. l never caught up with
| either him or Hcfferon. After he had
run u miles, Tewanina showed signs
| of weakening; then l pulled out and
passed Simpson, the Canadian Indian,
| TcWanina doing likewise. He ran fast
| too fast in fact, with a view to taking
| the heart out of the Canadian and If 1t
hadn't been for this squirt. I believe 1
could have overtaken Hefferon and
won second place.
1--WE followed the plan adopted at
| previous Marathon races, eating good
| breakfast of steak, following this with
| two raw eggs with some tea and toast
| On the way we took nothing but water
except about four miles from the finish
| having a stitch in the side, ! took a
drop of brandy Ordinarily 1 don't be-
| licvc in spirits, but | had to do some
| thing and the side was giving me
| trouble. That was the only trouble
| had the whole way. However, / took
grip with my hand on the side and COW
| cred the four miles in that manner. 1t
was hard digging the last three miles,
but when ! got to the stadium I felt
fine. | did not exert myself on the GIN
der path, for l knew that the position
l was then in l could hold and it was
| impossible to better it.
"Not until reached the shrubbs did
I know that / was we'll up with the
| leaders. In fact i did not know how
many men We're in front of me until
| then The people who lined the course
| treated us finely and they were OF
| great assistance in cheering us. L:
| gives a man heart to run through
| lines of sportsmen such as turned out
| to give us cheer as we passed.
"Of course / am tired, but there is
no stiffness.
First of ALL the Americans owe the
| victory to Murphy, who got us in
splendid condition. l have been in sew
| en- long races. but I never entered one
in better condition than I was today
| Only week ago. l ran trial of q
| miles along the Brighton road without
hurting myself Then | had good at
| tendance, one doctor who accompanied
me in the race at Athens and another
| American doctor. practicing in London.
| They encouraged me all along the way
and / felt having them nothing could
| happen to me.
| 81 weighed more than I did in any
previous race, and as I said before,
aside from the stitch in the side, l had
no trouble Of any kind. My feet are as
good as when I started. I wore high
shoes with leather soes, with a strip
of rubber between the shoe and the
foot and had socks we'll soaked in tall
| low
The italian. Dorando, should have
| been out of the race three miles from
home He ran we'll for 20 miles, but
| hal come too fast and had to be as
| sisted even before he reached the sta
! dunn. but not to the same extent,
| however
Walton and Tcwanina, the other two
| Americans who finished. were too tired
| to talk tonight and Morrissey. Of the
| Mercury A. c.. who did not finish,
| would not offer any excuse. 1t Is
| known, however. that he was not In
| the best of condition. There was some
| talk of his not starting, but he thought
| he could get through.
1t is a question whether public opin-
| ion will ever support another Marathon
race here Dorando's condition when he
finished and the condition of many of
the contestants in today's event lead
people to think it is worse than prize
| fighting or bull fighting. The Alperican
athletes are sending to Italy their CON
gratulations on Dorando's magnificent
fight for victory. -~-T -
Happiness returned to the american
camp tonight and the officials. athletes