Arizona republican., 1909-04-04
THE COYOTE
FIELD DAY
Indians Win Baby Marathon"
Coyotes Win Ball Game
THE SCORE WAS 8 TO 2.
High School Wins Three
Ira Events--Words
Records Broken" but They
Won't Hold On Account of
Knots In Tape Measure.

| Two Navajos from the u :. Indian
school and Hopi. who doesn't go TO
any school. were the first three TO fin
ish in the ten-mile race promoted by
the Phoenix High School Athletic as
/ ISOLATION. whose field day events took
I place yesterday at Eastlake park. OF
the nine entries in the Baby Mara
thOn' only five finished, the other two
being Earl Chappell and Reginald
Stroud in the order named
The winner Of the race was Paul
Woody Of the Indian school. who fin
!shed with ease nearly a minute ahead
Of the next two John Curly and Seba
James. In this race the redman's su-
periority in running. over his white
brother. was clearly demonstrated.
There were but three Indians entered
and the last one finished nearly five
minutes before the first of the high
school boys crossed the line.
The time given out. which is not
considered accurate. was. Woody, l
hour. 3 minutes. 80 seconds; Curly. l
hour. 10 minutes, 90 seconds. and
James. l hour. 10 minutes. 40 seconds.
The nine runners started at 1890
O'Clock from the corner Of First ave-
nue. and Adams street The starters
were DIR. Francis II. Redewill. Reginald
Stroud. Earl Chappeli. John Curly. Sc
ba James. Paul Woody. Jim Rosser
Wade Gebin and Frank Kirkland. The
runners were followed throughout the
course by the timers and judges in au-
tomobiles. The course was through the
country and then back to Eastlake
park, where the other events Of the
field day were in progress.
The starting pistol was fired by
Mayor Coggins and DR.. Redewill. with
a quick sprint. led the bunch down
Adams street and then up Center. The
rest of the bunch kept pretty close to-
gether. At the Mcdowell road Rosser
dropped out Of the race. From the
Mcdowell road the Indians began to
draw ahead of the rest and overlook
DR. Redewill. AS they passed the In
dian school an enormous crowd Of their
fellow students were gathered by the
road to watch the runners. with the
three Indians in the lead. go by. From
there on il was only question of
which OF the Indians would win the
race. though Chappell and Stroud were
pressing them closely.
DR.. Redewill and Kirkland dropped
out. and then Gebin, leaving only
Stroud and Chappell to compete with
the Indians. Chappell trotted bravely
on. though it was known before he
started in the race that he had sprain-
ed his knee while practicing. He had
great difficulty in finishing the race,
but kept steadily on till he fell into
his trainers arms before the grand
stand and was loudly cheered for his
pluck He got in fourth and was fol-
lowed by Stroud. who was the last to
finish.
The first attempt at a Marathon in
Arizona demonstrates more than any
thing else the benefit of training. The
Indians have been in constant training
for this race under the supervision OF
L. J. HolZwOrth of the Indian school.
The ten mile race was little more than
a pleasure run to them in consequence.
A remarkable story is told of Woody.
the winner. and shows the exceptional
ability of this young runner. few
days ago two Indian girls ran away
from school and Holzworth sent
Woody after them. Woody started
out OH al rum anu Ntil 49, -
started another party was sent after
him with a team OF ponies. Woody
reached his destination. twentyfour |
miles north of the school just as the
team Of ponies arrived. 1t may be
added that the girls returned to the |
school.
The high school boys were trained |
by Lewis, of Lewis & Noble, and some |
of their best runners have been
brought out by this trainer.
One of the remarkable features of
the track events was the fact that ac-