The sun., 1909-02-07
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
.4THLETIC EXPERTS TRY TO
EXPLAIN DEFEtT or SHRI BB.
MaIoney Turns Professional and Chal.
i lengrs LOugboat HAYES and simpson
"t Also After Victorious Indian Death
How for New Orleans Racing.

"t' Also After Victorious indian Death
Biow for New Orleans Racing.
The defeat of Alfred NhwIhh by Tom Long
boat IN the sensatioual Marathon race run
In the Garden last f1dny slt was the
chief tonic among sporting mcu Yesterday
Various reasons Ncrr given for tho EngllSh-
man r colla psc. tho principal on" being thti
be was strictly fifteen or "uly mi" run-
per. Another cause for 'u- defeat WnS said
to he the fact that ho changed las running
shoes after ho had ooyCrCd iN"niy-onc
miles and that hc over",ertrd hiuselt in
regainlng thr lap h" had lost WhIic putting
on his new footwear II was also roiuie"
out that perhaps Shruhh had been luIudi- :
ciouSly hand ad lid that ho ~hoIld uoi have
set 50 fast pltoc In III" first iNrui iNil"N. /
that II hc had glin"d r,ouplc ol nI'~ instead
of eight and h,d ih"u duyC"d tlr plC' s"l /
by the Indian he night lu,v" DUi-prinled 7
the latter IN tho a = ,la GO. OF tho struggle, 7
II is a tact th.I Iou-boat Nr~ ~ poor
physical CONDITION ~ hon tho Brtou uu', /
and that he did not h"glu 10 rupIl III pet ,
formanrn whom hc defeated Dnr1ndo. T
There vas much sympathy 10Y Nh'dhh, ,
whose superb running had "I"lt'd ih" ah- .
mir4tion Of thousands ~ The Garden. 10
them II seemed to hc plcc" o N'l"cr nara .
luck that tho Rriton could not have con- .
tinned on his triulnphM iourn"". Bu' AZ
the same time there was a willingness 10 .
Conoede the palm to IonEholi for his pluck .
and stamina. together With tho cool headed .
handling he received Thar Shrubh l. not 4
r Marathon runner was the consensus "f
expert opinion. but NJ the slinc tiw" there
was no attempt 10 deny the .--rriiou ih0i .
for twenty miles no r. tie ~ I'r~t runner IN .
the world.
Meanwhile Longbo4t. WIN is roN hIicd .
as the worlds champlop long dl> l' - ran
ner. will not no permitted ~ vel on hi~
lsurels lorg for Matt N1loue'. ho up - ,
Yesterday was the hcs, amateur Marathon
runner In America - an>'o'i, io iudk" u
match Nuh the indian MaIpr'. ,'nl ~ J.
his resignation a. an anruto'ir 10 l'r"~d 'ui .D
sullivan of the \ \ I ull ~ ! IoitCr to
THE SuN ha proceeded to challenge tong
boat TO a race A. the Marathon di-.iu'c, 4
2s miles and 3s5 yHrds. foT from '2,inl 20
S.oQo side. the money u hc posted Iu-
rnedietely on the ncyeutlnc" oi lh" ,hTl-
lenge and the race to take place - soon ~
consistent.
NIaloney is recognized as fine tpNs dis
tauce performaer. lie Won thr recent
Marathon rece from Rye to columbus :
circle. the fun distance. in ?.56.!G -. Nh
ishing about ten minutes ~ frO't OF JiW
crowley Of the Irish -tmcrcar, Nt. \gan
in the amateur Marathon IN tn Garden
lew weeks ago MaloneN mad" Crowley looN I.
Of tho Trinity \ G. of Rroohlyu AMI up 10
the time that he started i'm the race from
Rye 10 this cty he Wis rrnctgalN IN c
challenge "a match VIII be arranged Tor tn" O
Garden to be decided Perhaps on March Il. a
John !. Hayes. who won tho Olympic +
Marathon IN london last summer after {
Dor ando had been disqualified and who :
The Garden, j. also hot on l.onGbpat'S trail. e
Hayes ha; been in strict traininE Tor several
weeks and says he Is sure he can beat either f
Inc in0lAl DOrHUuO When lOlRbOnt = -
manager heard yesterday that hayes "
wa wanted S 2 match he SAID, We VII run him :
Tor fun II he wants to and We viii beat him. Z
Hayes IS entitled to a race anyway"
still another rival Of Lougboat looms up l.
n Fred simpson, an, Ojibway INDIAN OF I
HiaWatha, tHnadt, who ran sixth IN the :
olympic Marathon and rnished ohe"d OF .
longboat., Tom Lck. who formerly trained o
Johnny johnson, the CycliSt gnd other we'll I
known athletes. has simpson und"r his +
management Eek says simpson has de- ;
feated Hayes in canada and points to the 4
fact that in the recent Twelve mule relay I
race in tho Garden shrub the winner. >
his bit Of four miles. Eck also says Simp- n
son, will run l.ongboa,, Dor rdo, Shrubb
TO the Marathon route over any good trees :
either on turf or Il board floor or tEnt the ,
Indian vii take part ~ 'he proposed IN a
IN the Garden neat month, and that IT he "a
does not finish one, TWO or thre" he will
no, ask for share OF he purse or even a II
guarantee. Eck say. Simpson is the equal y
Of Longboat and thar re- merely wants a
a chance TO prove II. /
Racing at suburban Park Ncw Orleans. G.
received detthhlOw Yesterday when a .
arrested severe! week. go Tor indulggg II
in so-calle1 individual betting without tho o
use Of par.phPrn%lI4, was found guilty OF
yiolsiirG the Locke law and was sentenced
by Judge Lexington of Jenerson Parish
TO nay $3.50 hne and serve seven months
IN Jail. Sheehan announced thar his at
'OrnpNs Would Ike ,4IIlIpuI To- the I.OtlISi- [
The arrest OF Sheehan followed threat :,
by COY, sanders TO call out the militia 10 -
where the suburban Park track is located d.
race meeting. maintained al along that II
individnal betting without states, sheet =,
ara h pool t,fker. Hr;o was as not pot VOCATION Of AZ
down yesterday II was generally believed u
that the oouri would gcpuit Sheehan. in ~
have hceu resumed tomorrow. But under -
the circumstances there will be no further T.
attempt 10 revive the game in the Crescent ,
inclined 20 score Murphy aud his fellow Il
promoters for attempting 10 force the ~
issue.
Florida may soon be tho scene of winter =
racing on Eretentious scale, The present
meeting H' Tampa is not much, bnt It is
rega rded a. forcrunner Of "a thirty days
session Al a new m,le track which - now /
building at Jacksonville The Florida Live II
stock Association, capitalized at $I5o, 900 o
and made M of leadiug business men has ~
The work in hand. and from present iudica- -
I ions the ,rach viii be ready for the pro- "
posed meeting on March IS OF April Cur p
ley Brown. who built the Guy Park track RI
~ New orleans ard MAS HiiCrNard frozen -,
out, has promoted the scheme. and Timothy ] =
-, sullivan Is said 10 have subscribed 8 u Hp a.
toward the fund Following the spring ,
meeting the track viii he improved during d.
the summer so that there viii be an cN- {.
tended meeting IN December and z
January. and after a session at TAMPA ~
there will DO another meeting at Jackson ;,
Vile in March. The promoters Of the new ~
track say there viii he no Interference :;
with betting and thar the winter meetings '!
will be on the plane with those held Al New a
Orleans in the past IN
During January the leading Jockeys a
on the winter raCetraCks were SChiling
with 80 mounts '. Powers. with 20: Notter
with 70: Mcliee. with Il. Ecogh, With i8 m
Scoyills with Is: Me ItrV, with u. Archi- -;
hald with IL: raplin. with II; Gilbert. with 10
10. and Butler with : ia
CT. Mathison. the AHcrican representa- on
tive Of the National Sporting club Of London, Oi
lays there is no truth IN the report that So
sam Langlord wi receive S., ,uON pIarHu- nj
tee TO hoN Jack johnson III the club next l.,
MAY. He says the men will NEE, for IA of
So 900 purse of which the Winners share nj
win be - 0eN aud the losers s. ,OoO, Mathi- 49,
Ann id Il.t DiUIt,