Evening star., 1909-05-09
$4,000 MARATHON
EASY FOR ST. YVES
Little Frenchman Finishes in
Front of Classy Field by
Six Minutes.
CONTESTANTS TIME.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, May s.-Henry ST Yves
the Frenchman. is still the greatest Mara
thon runner in the world. With the Same
remarkable speed and stamina which
enabled him TO win the derby here several
weeks ago, st. Yves scored an easy VIC
tory In the $4,000 race at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon, while 5000 spec
tators treated him to a noisy ovation. St !
Yves won by five laps. covering the full
distance OF twenty-six miles and 3S5 yards
in hours. A. minutes and seconds.
John Svanberg OF Sweden finished Sec
ond in hours. 80 minutes and 81 seconds
After dropping to the turf at one stage OF
the race from sudden attack of vertigo.
Ted Crook OF Fall River. Mass. a little
fellow with practically no reputation as
long distance runner. was third. lap
behind Svanberg, in hours. 81 minutes
and 10 seconds. Fred Simpson. the
Canadian Indian. was fourth in hours.
"a minutes and 13 seconds, after a game
fight. Fred Appleby of England was
fifth In two hours SO minutes and IL sec
onds and Dorando was sixth in hours
5S minutes and 10 seconds.
John Marsh, who won the Canadian
derby last Saturday. finished seventh in
spite OF the fact that he ran nearly
twenty miles with severe cramp In his
right leg. Matt Maloney, Cibot and
days -you-please race; Pat White
of Ireland and Felix Carvajal. mis-
guided Cuban. also covered the distance,
but they simply wasted their time and
energy Tom Morrissey. the Bostonian,
who has just turned professional. col
lapsed after going seventeen and a half
miles,
st. Yves Never Extended.
St. Yves was never extended. He ran
fxL, A.
had the other runners at his mercy from
the start. His time was about four min
utes slower than the record he hung up
in the derby. but that was due to the
fact that he did no sprinting in the last
fifteen miles. Even with the last lap to
go. the Frenchman stuck to the dog trot
and finished without taking a short
breath. At one period of the race Swan
berg looked dangerous. But after a de-
| termined effort to cut down st. Yves
| lead the Swede had his heart broken.
He was running around the turn oppo-
| site the center of the grand stand in
| the fourth lap of the twenty-second mile
when he suddenly stopped and fell back
ward, his head striking the turf with
| much force Svanberg was picked up by
his trainer and was dragged to the in
field. where he quickly revived. and was
induced to continue. in spite of a general
protest from the spectators. When he
went back to the track he was stagger-
ing, with his hands pressed against his
temples, but in few minutes he was
derful pluck But this mshap killed
whatever chances he had to beat ST.
Yves. who was then three laps ahead of
him.
Dorando gave queer exhibition that
will not be forgotten by his enthusiastic
countrymen In a hurry. He was a con-
tender until he had finished fifteen and a
half miles, when he suddenly quit He
said his shoes hurt him and new ones
were provided. At the end of another
mile Dorando left the track again, but
he was induced by his brother and
friends to go back. He put on a sweater
then and reeled off several miles, only TO
stop again as IL in fit of sulks. There
was more persuasion however. until the
famous Italian agreed to try again, but
not until cap had been given to him.
After that he collapsed. was revived with
some sort of dope" which made him race
around the siX-lap track like a wild man
for nearly half mile. and then. al in.
he fell TO the ground. After a short
rest. Dorando was urged to reappear and
he remained in the race to the end. With
three laps to go he began to run with
tremendous speed which he kept up TO
the end, causing his followers to wonder
why he had not performed that way in
the first place. To many good Judges it
looked as if Dorando had gone stale.
Plucky Ted Crook.
Ted Crook, so slight in build that the
crowd expected to see him drop in his
tracks at any moment. ran a really won
derful race. He did not have proper
handling and was in rather poor physcaF
condition when he started. He received
plenty of stimulant toward the end Of
the long. grueling struggle and made an
army of friends by his bulldog pluck. Big
Tim Sullivan who fired the starting gun.
did some tall roofing for Crook as hs
said the boy deserved all the encourages
ment in the world. 1ifS
Although the day was a splendid one
for Marathon running the crowd did not.
come up to the expectations of the pro-
moters who had looked for 10000 persoHsx
At least half that number saw the race;
and had plenty of amusement 4,4ot.