Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-09

MARATHON WON
BY FRENCHMAN
HENRI ST. YVES CARRIES OFF
WORLD PRIZE
sWEDE is SECOND IN GREAT
$4,000 CONTEST
Vast Throne Witnesses One of Most
GrueIIing sprints in History.
Once Famous Dorando
Sixth
fBy Associated Press. ]

A EW YORK, May 8.-The grand in
ternational Marathon, distance
26 miles 1856 yards, for purse Of
$4,000 was run here today.
OF the fifteen starters, the first seven
to finish shared in the prizes, $4,000 to
first, $4,000 to second, $1,000 to third, etc.
The times for the first seven to finish
were as follows:
Winner-Henri st. Yves, France, s:44:05.
Second--John Svanberg, Sweden, 2:5O:5a.
Third--Ted Crook, United States, 2:5e:i0.
Fourth-Fred Simpson, American Indians
2:54:f3.
Fifth--Fred AppIeby, England. e:56:17.
Sixth--Dorando Pietri, Italy, a:5S:l9.
Seyenth--Edouard Cibot, France, 3:03:26.
Attendance, 10000.
In a grueling race. in the course of
which runner after runner collapsed,
only to stumble on again with almost
superhuman effort to the end until
Henri ST. Yves, the stocky little
F'renchman who jumped into fame
month ago, took the measure of twelve
competitors in an international Mara
thon held at the Polo grounds, and
romped home a winner by the hand
some margin of five laps, or five-sixths
of mile.
John Svanberg of Sweden finished
second after one of the pluckiest up
hill fights ever witnessed on the run
ming track, and Ted Crook, an un-
known runner from New England,
staggered over the tape in third place,
thus earning a measure of glory for
America
And Dorando Sixth
The once mighty Dorando finished
sixth, his many halts in the latter part
of the race proving too great handi-
cap for him to overcome at the end.
The fourth and fifth men, Fred Simp-
son, the Indian. and Fred Appleby, the
Englishman, plodded their patient way
to the end as did Cibot the French
six-day runner, who finished seventh.
John d. Marsh. the Canadian entrant,
after running second to st. Yves for
fifteen miles, gave up in the twenty
fifth mile.
Tom Morrissey of Yonkers, only re-
Gently turned professional, collapsed
utterly in the sixteenth mile and had
to be carried from the field, but Pat
| White and Mat Maloney, running for
ireland: Louis Orphoe, another French
man, and Felix Carvajal. running foi
Cuba, plodded on doggedly to the end
st Yves time, 2.44:05, was almost
four minutes slower than the mark sci
by himself in the Marathon derby Of
q month ago today. The pace At which
the first ten miles were run, however
was much faster than that which has
characterized former events of this
kind, the five miles being negotiated iu
: oCNCiAN'Ns
miles in 56 minutes 2 seconds.
Twenty Thousand Present
The race brought to the Polo grounds
a crowd of nearly 200o0 enthusiasts,
The weather was ideal At the crack
of the pistol Marsh took the lead ana
st. Yves was edging him stride for
stride, the little Frenchman pattering
on ike a steady Shetland pony, never
more than a few feet behind.
For fifteen miles the two ran virtual
w together Behind these the others
danced, various distances away.
In the sixteenth mile st. Yves had
killed his man." and Marsh began TO
fall back slowly. First Svanberg, then
Appleby passed him. For while the
plucky Canadian fought against Do
rando, but the Italian would not be de-
MED and rushed up with fine burst
of speed.
This theatrical spring of the Italian
runner was not followed up, however,
and he stopped when opposite his quar-
ters. After a three-minute rest ne WAS
again in the race, but twice again, in
the seventeenth and nineteenth miles,
he retired from the contest.
From the twentieth mile to the end
he ran in splendid form, however, and
gained lap after lap on some or ms
competitors, not excepting ST. Yves
His many stops, though, doomed 10
failure his efforts TO make up MS iose
ground.
AS the race wore on the runners
began to show signs of distress. First
Morrissey. then Appleby, then Swan
berg toppled over on the grass utterly
spent.
All three struggled to their feet again
and continued bravely, but for Nor
rissey the strain had been too much
and he had to leave the field.
The surprise, however, was Crook,
who. running as if each lap would be
his last, managed to creep his way TO
the front past Dorando, past Marsh.
past Appleby, past Simpson and on to
the very heels of Svanberg.
AS a sensational finish to an already
stirring race, Crook, Svanberg, Simpson
and Appleby all crumpled up after
crossing the finish and had to be car
ried off the field.
Dorando, however, was in apparently
as good condition at the finish as at the
start, and galloped off the grounds
amid both cheers and Kisses.