New-York tribune., 1909-01-10
SHRUBB WINS RELAY
DEFE4TS THREE RUNNERS
English Professional Laps Con-
festants iR the Garden

Alfred shr1bb. The wonderful long distance run
,sr from England, himself into popular favor
= Madison Square Garden last night by defeating
tn-as professionals in twelve-mile relay race
sh,rbS's opponents were Frank kansly. OF Cam
h-ssee Mass; Frederick Simpson. the Oiibway
4,sian OF the Hiawatha reservation. Canada, who
sr.shed sixth in the London Marathon run. and
tn Williams OF SonerviIie Mass. They four
s-fIes each IN the order named.
sl1rtibb won by three and quarter laps and
..,-nnleted the full twelve miles in / hour min
,,t,s and 81 seconds. than five minutes better
fhsp Dorandos time for the distance
THE best work OF the men who against
s,n,bb was accomplished by simpson This Indian.
,zno had practically been out OF training since
THANKSGIVING Day. ran the second four miles only
:. seconds slower than shrub made the first four.
7hs hve-rnile professional handicap served a
r-g-tsin-raise- to the main event In the former
SIGHT u1ar put appearance and sam g Myers.
- Cambridge was the only scratch Peter
T5eEle1lan veteran sx-day winner received the
1.rtt-z minutes and 50 seconds
Robert HaIlon. who finished second in the Mara
.hon run in Brooklyn New Years Eve had 50
seoonds Nike Spring. another local and well
known as an amateur athlete few years ago, set
8 fast pace for the first mile. Spring had 45 sec
ends start
A. mile and half Eegleman thanks to his lib
.z-sl allowance led the field by lap w Hum
,t-evs the North Paterson crack. had second place
81 that lime. Humphreys had start Of minute
and Is seconds
II two miles Spring leading his time for the
.a.s+nce being 1920 Old Hegleuan just kept peg
sinz along pace that was better suited to the
sjx-dav variety than five-ulile affair.
surins continued to show the way at three miles.
while HaIe1, the second man. was three-quaIters
NJ e lap back About that time Hallen puI on
,ssana and began TO draw away from Meyers. VINO
l,ss caught him earlier in the race Spring con-
tinued te maintain his advantage over Hailen at
tha <our-Tnile mark, although six laps from nome
the Brooklyn runner only half a lap behind
hz cOr16 get
~ron bv half lap. with Hallen second. Meyers
,bIrs and Hegleman fourth. The winners time
. o4 As.
After the race EaIlen entered q vigorous pro
fest claiming that had Tapped Spring at the
snd Of the third mile. The officials would not en-
tertain his claim, however.
George Considine was the referee. and the re-
s5oubtable Indian Tom Longboat, fred the gun
which gave the signal for the contestants 10 leave
their marks.
There WAS 8 marked contrast in the appearance
Of the principals the first relay Of the twelve
mile race ShrubS, slight Of stature, short and
trained the hour, appeared IKE ooy aioilSs10e
OF the big Ksnaly-
TIE pair ran along stride for stride for two laps
ana then shrubb began to draw away. The Eng
ssl,-naa covered the first mile in Asa and at that
,oiu, he had opened up gap Of three-Quarters of
Ian He tapped his man at mile ana quarter
For the next mile the iong-legged Cambridge man
.DduIged in sprints, but they amounted to nausht'
and shrubb gained another lap at the third mile
most TIE scratch mans time was l5;bo.
When Shr7lbb completed his fourth mile in 21 80
be had an advantage or two and one-haif laps
This was not very cheerful outlook for Simpson,
hut the red set lively pace, which led many
IN the crowd into belief that he would regain
isorae Of the lost ground.
As the pair raced round. lap after lap, Shrubb
kert tabs On his opponent, and the same gap
continued TO separate the pair That the Briton
was going well was shown by his time for the five
s-ufes-2s :56-e trihe than two minutes bet
ser than Dorsncos time for the same distance in
MS race against Longboat the same track few
weeks ago.
Keeping up the wonderful pace for the sixth
snd seventh miles Shrubb slowly but surely began
go gzir on the Indian despite the larters efforts.
.nd I; looked tine If Shrubb would increase
teis advantage 20 three laps. but though Simpson
epu-ted there the same old two and one-half
;aps advantage IN favor OF Shrubb
The atter's time for the eight miles was 43 rs,
o. three minutes and seconds faster than Do
eandos for the distance
When Williams started the last relay ne sprint
% for g half-r1ile regained half lap thereby.
reducing the foreigners lead two laps.
Thereafter the pair stride for stride for more
than mile wnen Shrubb suddenly let out If
tn a quarter race. II proved altogether too much
scr Williams who began 10 lose ground with every
Jap. A. shrubb completed his tenth mile at a rare
pace Williams was nearly half lap behind The
leaders time for the distance 54SS. more than
-four minutes better than Dorando's-
When the even hour had been completed Shrubb
had covered 10 miles laps and 50 yards It was
then seen that, barring accidents, he would finish
Ire easiest kind q winner At II miles and
laps Shrubb caught his man
From there the end the Briton spurted and
won by q total Of three and one-Quarter laps
Ecore " miles follows: