New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
CLARK WINS BIG
MARATHON RUN
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and fan but helping hands were always 'eau'
70 LEND assistance although II seVera4 Instances
contestants were found TO be tn such coInpisue
state of exhaustion 70 necessitate their re-
-aorsI 20 hospitals IN ambulances supplied Ior
the purpose.
T-nere Is tte humorous side 10 ali big Marathon
Rms and considerable rnerTirnent was caused
yesterday by John Murphy, St Bsrthoiolne"
Athletic Club runner. who arrived az tie armory
some twenty minutes after thu field RAD lert on
their long iourney. Upon being informed that
he wzs too late Murphy entered the most Tig-
orous kind Of q protest. claiming that ne mao
~a,6 his 81 entrance sse and vas therefore en-
titled 70 start At that time the short distance
events were being run of. The officials. how
ever decided TO accede 10 tbs demand and al
lovpe5 him 80 start The belated runner passed
out Of the arnory. the recipient Of much socu
natured advice That vas the last heard OF
'rMr Murphy"
To start the race after g salute Of fifty guns
fred at a signal from 5fajor General Charles f.
Roe the enormous field OF athletes svtrled once
and thrse-ouarters around the track and then
dashed out into the keen February elr. ana n
cidentalIy TO face the wintry blasts that swept
in from the direction Of Old Ocean Crowley
vino less than week sgo gathered in sddi-
tscusI fauns by winning the New Haven Mara
thon In phenorenaIly fast time. vas the hrst 70
complete the first 3S5 yards and pass outside
He was closely followed by G. Campbell an
Acorn runner: ". Burke. unattached; h
Rhodes. another unattached man; G. Ressonico.
Of the Irish-Americsn club, and Geroi FRANK
OF the Commerce Athletic Club.
The pack proceeded along Putnam avenue TO
Bedford avenus. and turning TO the left entered
the Eastern PARKWAY. At the first mile check
ing station Lee showed in front closely followed
by Sam Mellor Of the Mercury Athleuc Gun
From that point on. the field became more ana
more strung cut. and by tbs time the ocean
Boulevard had been reached a good many had
the -CDQ" signal working
At the nfrh mile post Lee and Meror contin-
ued 20 show the way. & considerable distance in
front OF Crowley. Clark and Goldberg, en- unat-
tached runner. About this point professional
runner by the name OF White. who arrived here
the other day from Ireland 20 compete in the
coming six-day race, attracted considerable at
tentton He was running just ahead Of Crow
lev ard Clark Some thought the PRO" was
there 70 hsr. some fun with the amateurs. but
81 that was the foreigners intention something
yrent wrong for White never got any further
than Coney Island
When the leaders passed sloane's roadhouse
the same order was maintained. only Lee and
MeIlor had increased their lead over the second
division OF the pack to fully two minutes Jen-
zen end Harvey Cohn had also moved I'D close
10 C-ovleys heels
Along Surf avenue the order Of the leaders
remained unchanged. save that Eddie Carr, the
old Xavier 'cross-country runner. moved up 10
within hsiling distance Of the second DIVISION as
the ten-znile mark was reached
zvl.n Lee reached Sea Gate and turned for
hor,a tbe Rostonian had q lead OF about two
,,,,rsre5 Yards on Mellor Four minutes later
Clerk made the turn. closely followed by Crow
Law while Ressonico had lost considerable
ground
with the wind at ais back Clark Increased ms
nsos srd steadily widened the gap between nm anu
crowley A little latter Aellor got into olHcl-ceS
e. vas IA ssed bv both Clark and Crowley Nhile
nnooeediug along Surf avenue word came back tnat
Lee had been showing signs OF distress ana irieu
,n automobiles lost time in telling clark anu
Crowley who were second and third respectively
This --s1relessr- message proved correct for at
.bs sixteenth mile Lees advantage had diminished
70 $50 wards over Clark, who Leo crowley og
ssr,rar distance A mile further On Lee collapsed
e,d Clark taking the lead, never again mead
"a tfs STYLE vas much admired by the critics. who
-o-Soe6 thst he ran close 70 the ground with no
lost motion
Az eighteen miles Clark led Crowley by a minute
r,5 half with Rhodes and Jensen close up
1.-+l. later however Rhodes gave up III struggle
Although encouraged by Ernest Aertoerg' his
trainer Crowley found It impossible to cut oo*n
-lark-s lead In fact. the Xavier man covered the
-,n.teenth mile q minute and three-ouarters IN
advance.
spproaching the finish the crowd was so packed
from curb TO curb that it did not seem possible
q runner could get through Everybody ~es shoo'-
ing and cheering. but everybody appeared ready 10
neiy .ha runners along or rather not to hinder
them 20 that q lane opened up as each man strug-
g1ed along
When clark entered the srmory for the last two
miles Of the sruerling he was greeted with g
-rf,d cheer from the expectant throng. He made
-.s-lv four circuits Of the track, or close 70 nan
G mile before Crowley made his appearance The
l-1sh-Arnerican runner tried hard 10 overhaul MS
man. but the best ne could do was TO pick UP about
hslf a lap The winner was In excellent phSsical
condition at the finish and trotted on 70 his dress
a., ,oo-, r,,4sssisted- Soma OF the later arrivals
had al they could do TO keep on their feet
--SA r=4res were she most costly ever offered for
=, event Of this kind. and The Eagle trophy a
massive cup standing than six feet high. was
valued at $3.50. There were ten prizes In All and
she others who officially finished earned diplomas
n presenting the chief trophy after the race Her
bert r. Gunnison said in part;
III nav be considered the measure by which We
oan gauge the advancement that has been made
s- a.blstscs IN the physical and mental training OF
The youth OF the world since 400 B. C.. when the
original runner from the field ot Marathon TO
the city Of Athens. II Is related Of this unnamed
hero whose fame has come down 70 US In this
twentieth century he expired after he had run
fha tveuty-six miles and Ss5 yards. In <eo B. c
che test was q mortal In 1903 a D., by virtue
f the superior training Of athletes. 1t Is not
frarsht with any such fatal consequences Our
men are sbse 90 run rot only c7a Marathon race
hut several and told that there is one man
who competed to-day VINO has run the fun Mara
t,on distance for the twenty-ssventh tina
.-T. is a race that requires training endurance
ara treIigsnce-the qualities that make Tor success
a the longer and more difficult race OF nfe- The
vounr man who lie poorly trained who has STAN
ina and Is unable intelligentiy TO his physical
strength has little hope OF winning q Marathon.
The winner has reason TO be proud of his victory