The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-03
ST. Y Y ES
LEADER
IN RACE
Result Is Uncertain-
Shrubb a Close
Second

/ n,
| predicted for New York and vicinity
today, but undannted thousands began
! early preparations to journey north
ward to the National league park or
| Polo grounds, where there will be held
this afternoon the greatest profession
| al Marathon race in history. The first
| Marathon, 1t is recorded. took place
more than two thousand years ago,
but surely no more sturdy runners ever
competed in days gone by than the six
who will struggle over the fye-lap
! track for twenty-six miles and 3S5
yards here today There were inter
mittent showers last night, but the
track has not been affected to any
great extent, and even in the event OF
a terrific downpour the race will be
run and the thousands of spectators,
soaked, perhaps. will be on hand, not
withStanding.
Ten thousand dollars Is the prize
for which the runners Will fight. To
the winner will go $4,000; to the
second man. S2,500; TO the third and
fourth $1,000 each. The contestants
with the exception Of st, Yves. the
dark horse from France, are we'll
known here. having competed In Mad
ison Square Garden and elsewhere
since the Marathon craze swept over
this country following the victory OF
Johnny Hayes. the New York dry
goods clerk, at the Olympic games at
London, and the subsequent arrival of
Dorondo Pietri in New York, to prove
that he was Hayes master.
The list of starters follows:
Ton, 7 pDbn tbo Canadian Indian
Dorondo Pietrl of Italy, Alfred Shrubb,
the great distance runner of England;
Henri st Yves of France; John j.
Hayes, the Olympic Marathon winner,
and Mat Maloney, the Brooklyn boy,
who recently turned professional and
who holds the outdoor record for the
distance
Betting on the race is uncertain and
unsettled, though generally speaking,
Longboat, who has twice defeated Do
rando In special match races, is quoted
favorite with Dorondo next in demand.
The Indian is held at to 5, but
with few takers at that price, while
Dorando was quoted yesterday at 70
/, with those who were disposed to
wager asking for bigger odds. The
others were quoted all the way from
4 to l against st, Yves to 8 to 1 against
Hayes.
There appears. however. to be no
regular book on the race and wagers
will be laid principally between indi-
yiduals. st Yves Is an unknown guam
tity, for he comes to this country with
a record of five victories and no de-
feats. He is said TO have trial over
1to In ola In O.
record time OF two hours 81 minutes
90 seconds. He also defeated Pat
White in a Marathon race in Scotland
big Tim Sullivan has been select
ed to fire the starting shot at o'clock
when the runners will jump from the
mark and begin the weary grind
around the pear shaped track
Notwithstanding the threatening
weather conditions, there were 10000
spectators within the polo grounds at
2:3O D. m, half an hour before the
big Marathon race was scheduled to
start this afternoon.
Shortly before the start the manage
ment announced that the course of the
race had been so shortened as to make
six laps to the mile. This insured bel
der going for the runners. The track
was heavy and heavy mist was fall
ing, causing free use of umbrellas by
the unprotected spectators, The start
was made at 3:10
Dorondo took the lead at the crack
Of the pistol, setting the pace.
st. Yves second; Shrubb third,
Longboat fourth; Maloney fifth and
Hayes last.
At the finish of the first miles, st,
Yves led by sixty yards, Dorando sec
ond; followed by Shrubb. and Long
boat we'll punched, all running easily.
Time for first mile 6:14.
ST. Yves was 160 yards ahead OF
Dorando at the end Of the second mile
with Shrubb close third. The French
mans speed at this stage was suggest
i've of a blow-up. The time for two
miles was 10:44
At the end of the third mile. which
was made in 1926, st Yves led by
ope-third of a lap. Dorando second.
closely followed by Shrubb and Long
boat. closely punched.
st. Yves Tapped Hayes for the sec
ond time in the FIRST lap of the fourth
mile.
At the end of the fourth mile. ST.
Yves still led. Dorando second, Shrubb
In the sixth lap of the fifth mile
the four miles, 90: 16 40.
In the sixth lap of the fifth miles
Shrubb ran after the Frenchman and
was on even terms. At the end Of the
fifth mile, st, Yves held the lead by a
narrow margin. Time, 2S minutes.
At the end Of the six miles st. Yves
was leading by 25 yards. Dorando,
I.ongboat and Shrubb followed In Or
der named, closely punched. Time.
SO 81 10.
At the end OF the seventh mile, ST.
Yves maintained the lead by ten yards.
Dorando was second, Lopgboat third,
Shrubb fourth. Time 39:42.
Toward the end Of the 9Th the
Frenchman sprinted and passed Hayes
and Maloney once more In his effort
to get away from the Italian, who was
still followed closely by Longhoat and
Shrubb, IN the second lap OF the ninth
mile Shrubb ran ahead OF the Italian,
Time for eighth mile, 45;36 2-5.
st, Yves at the finish Of the ninth
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