Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-06
TOM L0NGb0AT
MARATHON
WINNER
DISTANCE TOO GREAT
FOR ENGLISH OPPONENT
Shrubb CoIIapses in Twenty
fifth Mile After Setting Pace
for indian Runner; Time, 8
Minutes Behind Record,

my Morning Journal Special Leased wir~I
Madison Square Garden. New York,
ing stride that rarely varied through
out the race, Tom Lonsboat, the on
the laurels OF an indoor Marathon
race tonight ut Madison Square Gar
den when victory seemed almost with
in the grasp OF the plucky English
man, Alfred Shrubb. who collapsed In
the twenty-fifth mile. leaving the In
dian TO finish the long race OF tven-
ty-siX miles and 2Sa yards aione.
Longboat's time for the race was
hours, IS minutes 40 2-J seconds
whicn is nearly eight minutes behind
the record made by porando, the
italian, in his race with Johnny
Hayes, the olympic Marathon win
ncr last fall. The indian finished In
fine fcttle and was In no wis, dis
trcssed
Tho vast garden was throngcd wlrh
excited thousands who chcerrtll the
two contestants ShrutdJ, as was pre-
dictod BY his followers. went out In
front at the gun fire and set a paue
that was remarkable.
There WAS some delay Ia getting
the Marathon started but ut g.is y.
IN. the runners were lined up and Il
minute later were sent away, Shrubb
Immediately dashed In the lead aud
assuming fast pace gradually ln-
creased the distance between himself
and the Indian runner
Shrubb's tactics soon became plain.
lie swiftcncd his pace after going a
lap or so and though lsongboat ran
with Easy strides II was evident thui
the pace vas too stiff for him When
Shrubb finished the third lap the IN
dian was a third Of a lap behind and
from there to the end Of the first
mile, which Shrubb finished IN four
minutes thirty-two seconds, the In
dian slowly but surely fell behind
Al the end or the mile Iongobat
was three quarters ofa lap behind and
at tho finish of the next. or eleventh
lap, the Indian ust trailed after the
English runner. At the end of the
second mile Shrubb was leading by
nearly q lap and Il half The time
for tho TWO miles was i0lisf
Shrubb's almost perfect action In
running brought him the admiration
of the crowd. expressed frequently In
cheers and shouts OF encouragement
Longboa, with his usual lopc. how
ever. had host Of friends who did
not seem to lose confidence as the
Englishman drew into comfortable
lend
"Shrubb can never stand that gait
to tho end" shouted one Of the In
dams admirers and II truly seemed
as II this must be so, especially ~
Shrub5 finished the five mile dis
tancc In 27:5i, not SO very far from
the time il takes to cover the distance
when trained men are running at their
best Shrubb was two and half
laps ahead at this time.
II was noted here that while Shrubb
had gained two laps In the firss three
miles he had added only an addition
al half lap In the next two miles
Shrubb's plan II appeared. was to
run a fast mile or two. during which
he made decided gains and then he
would steady down to a trot apparent
ly to reserve his wind and strength
His sprints always created an uprosr
In the crowd. the spectators cheering
him franticaily
The Englishman gained another
two and half laps in the second five
miles aud wns five laps or hair a
mile ahead WHEN the ten miles vas
finished
Tho time for the ten mile mark was
57:S2 3-5.
Longboat's time in his race with
Dorando vas 5S:57 1t, neatly min
ute ana half behind Shrubbs time
Maintaining his fast pace Shrutyn
Increased his lead tn sin laps at the
twelfth mile but the Indian was not
70 DC worried out Of his long swing
ing strides until near thc fifteenth
mile when he shook himself ard
picked up about nifty yards Shrubb.
rpW"ver continued 60 open the dis
tance bctvcep himself and the pur-
suins Indian and che fifteenth milc
mark found tn Englishulnu six and
u half laps ahead. Shrulyhs time for
the fifteen miles was hour 20 min
utcs ana sS 4-s seconds
Shrubbs running was revelation
TO the spectators who cpntluu1lly
cheered the flying Engiishman as he
moved around the track with a ma
chinc-liko motion that carried him
steadily forward
Shrubb secured an additional lap
making seven laps IN all at the seven
tcenth mile.
During the running of the nine
tecuth and twentieth miles Shrubb
placed the eighth lap between him
self and Longnhat
The time for the twenty miic mark
was two hours, ! minute and IS As
seconds.
Shrunb in the twcnty-first miic
suddenly stopped to change his shoes.
During his brief absence from the
track LongbOst gained one Of his los,
taps but Shrubb coming ia the course