New-York tribune., 1909-02-23
WHITE WINS MARATHON
SHOWS WAY IN RACE IN
BROOKLYN.
Z rbulances Called Upon to Help
Runners IN GrueLlng
Contest.

4 uev name was inscribed on the tablet OF
,r-s+r,- enc when Edwin Il. White. a twenty
vear-old member Of the Hoy Cross LyceuTr' won
+te F7rootlvn Marathon run. which started and m
ished yesterday in the 14th Regimen Arrnory' lHe
rrsrner-s time was . hrs . Minis 10 secs
second il Yesterdays run was Albert Raines. o.
she Xavier Athletic Association He finished trlhe
more than FIVE minutes behind the leacer anu IL.
cidentally showed the way 10 his piucky eiuolape'
James Clark, winner Of the BrooAish-Seaea'e 'N4
tIon on LincClns Birthday. -.
seven men collapsed al one time or aifother our
ting the race and had 10 be treated by aIaouIAlo9
--.rgeons and taken 10 hospitals our u ~ ~, 80
had l., be attended by doctors while IN tle taee
E-5sie carr Of the Xavier Athletic ASSOCIATION !
was one Of those who went out and ne hao 10 oo
.l-, -, -i7a sr-nory IN ambulance, afIer going
fourteen miles None OF the men WIZ NO~t7
was in serious condition
!, ra.rx respects yesterdays affair was a repe-
zion Of its predecessor Of ten days ago Inc io
,ra.elled by The runners duplicated the olher Iot
8 large mart of the way. while TO al appearances
the crowd was large. The thousands anu No. ~
sn5s Of interested persons strung ont all the way
from the armory 10 Co"ey lslano may nav ,s 80
sraueuced TO q certain extent by the lueai ea'
for IL was day that made every one Le9l ilfe
being out q doors and indulglng IN iangh al 'He
eXt,ense Of the grounding. ,oo
The officials were tardy in getting the neiG Oh IO
r,,r,ors auav but this delay was nothing as ooin-
z,sred with the vexatOus wait Al the hilsl- Il was
- ga ir7-ossible 10 get anything Official
The conditions Of the race called Tor tne Hist @ @
yards in the armory, and then over i+tu su %
f9snact Park west 10 the Plaza thence 10 EdS'eh
Fzrlu-sy 10 Albany avenue. 10 Clarkson avenue avenue
: T75tf,lsh avenue, 10 Cortelyou Road, 10 ocean
avenue 90 Parkside avenue. dowE ocean ~ "a NNaS
and along West 51st street The return NaS 90
So sz,eIt,e to Ocean Parkway, 10 Parkslde ave-
nue. 10 ocean avenue, TO Flatbush avenue 70 rus
--- park West. and 18th street TO 1he Al
+Dorv the last TWO miles being run IN the las' !
named. =
RACE STARTS N ARMoRY-
r,olo,e, william, A Stokes Of the 28d Regiment /
started the big race. ana 10e aspiring a1hleees re
e-on5es After sWirling round the arnlory for the /
re- gs5 wards Of the Marathon distance the PACK
went outdoors. Harry Jensen was hrst through uhe
5csrvvav closely followed by David Mckee, OF the
ptoAaxk Club while his club mate. Walter BURKE
was third.
ne pace was slow for the hrst mile Jensen
leading in seven minutes. closely followed by Ernn
Czrno r. St George Then came the XsF1er vet
ersn. Eddie Carr. with Clark st his~heels-
Jensen ans Albert Rsines showed the way to Ile
ss,ons rife post. followed by Carr and Clark the
rsoe ha-ing ouickene6 percspuhly. as the time was
y y s-5 Going along Albany avenue, Jensen and
clark continued 10 lead, but John Michaels an IN
attached entrat had moved into third place while
White the dininutive Holy Cross Lyoeun runner
nezt oauEnt the eve Of the checkers
Turning from Clarkson avenue into F1atbush
avenue. the runners completed their fourth mile
with Jensen CLARK, leading s Kennaro came
next and then Carr. who had improved oorsloer-
Al I've miles Jensen and Clark we're running
shoulder 70 shoulder. half minute ahead Of
Michaels while Cam followed minute later. The
leading pairs time So:oS 10
A. me seventh mile Clark and Jensen led, with
archsels third, while D. Aaron, Of the Mott Haven
club had moved into fourth place By this time
the held vas well strung out and the only change
fr the leaders was that Carr had again taken
fourth position a minute behind Clark
AT Ocean Parkway and Aven1e L the ninth mile. /
Carr had taken third. with z P. Deviin. OF Mott
Haven fourth About this time signals of distress
were rying in several directions. Louis Lanier, Of
The World" club, collapsed and was brought back
n the armory IN an ambulance A little later |
Henry r Raale. Of the 18th Regiment. twisted |
ankle and had To retire.
FAST PACE BEGINS TO TELL.
The tenth mile Of the journey found the advance |
guard at Ocean Parkway and Avenue R. with /
Clark Jensen Carr and Aaron all together The |
time zvas 62.e5. mile further Devlin displaced
aaron in fourth place The pace was telling more
snd more or the field. but Clark showed signs |
Of the strain and began TO put daylight between |
himself and Jensen. Passing the twelfth mile post.
the Xavier crack LED by 100 yards with Carr third
and Devlin fourth They were then the end Of |
the Boulevard
Going along Surf avenue close 70 the sea the
same order maintained by the first quartet, :
although clark had increased his lead 10 200 yards
The tine was 1-20:ss 2-5. Before making the turn
for home on slst street. Coney Island. Clark had
increased his lead 10 $50 yards over Jensen who |
led Aaron BY one-ausrter OF a mile Devlin was /
ssurti.
When approaching Drearland Jensen began TO /
weaken and fell back into the bunch Clark was |
then leading. three blocks ahead OF Aaron. who !
was followed by Deviin while Edward H Sievert /
Of the Happy BOYS Club, loomed up fourth. This /
was TIRE order at the fifteenth mile, the time |
being 1896
Jensen's admirers got renewed hope when the /
Pastire runner improved his work returning 10 /
the Boulevard and took second place at the six
teenth nile. Aaron third. while White had /
moved into fourth position mile further on |
White passed Aaron and Clark led Jensen by q |
minute ana half
ANBULANcEs FOR RUNNERS.
Another unfortunate TO be brought back in an |
ambulance was Paul Harder, Of the Danish Sport
ing Club. The muscles OF his legs became knotted /
AGdiscn McClIntock had 10 be taken 10 Seney Hos
riteI- The checkers the eighteenth rnilepost
found that fully quarter Of the original starters
had dropped by the wayside AT this point Clark
Jed by three minutes Jensen. who led White BY
two and half minutes Ths last named had |
similar advantage over Aaron
A. the turn inte Parkside avenue Clark led White |
b. half mile. and then came Jensen. about 3 |
similar distance hack Aaron remained fourth |
order prevailed the tv-enty-frst mile with
Jensen drawing closer 10 White
about this tine Clark showed signs Of distress. |
q irtie wonder considering that he has been l
ssing TIE tVenty-second mile he slowed down 70 /
walk. and q few hundred yards further White /
raoed past bim into the lead
Clark started 10 again. bar he was a beaten !
nan 50 far as getting first place was concerned.
IN the mean time Rsass moved ID 10 third place /
displaclug Aaron From there On White increased /
his advantage with every stride. When he reached /
The arnoTy his appearance drew shouts OF aston /
ishnaent well admiration from the 5Oao-odd |
spectators within the Inciosure for all the advance
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