Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-08
Sh-day Race at Madi-
son Square Is on.
Frequent Relays Expected to
Produce Fast Time.
al Records Expected to FALL
1wenty-seven Teams Entered.

tional go-as-you-please race at Madi-
son Square Garden. Incidentally the
winners, for the contentants are max
ing the race in teams of two, will get
a prize of $500. Several other teams
will receive cash prizes.
Madison Square Garden held its usu-
al sport-loving crowd. The people be-
gan to come in at o'clock Sunday
night when the doors were opened and
by the time the race was called the
big barn-like structure was crowded.
Concerts whiled away the hours before
tic contest began. Cheers greeted the
athletes when they came on the track
few minutes after midnight. The
men selected to represent the teams at
the start were:
Cibeot, Ferri, Feegan, WollcdSe,
Walker, Dom, Loestin, Devaris, Pom
aritis, Rover, Calabre, Curran, Fraser,
Higgins, Davis, Phillips, Hegelnan.
Kellar, Endlich, O'Driscoll, Spring,
Corey, Mctkus, Dineen. Harrington,
Christie and Quackenbush.
Willie Collier the actor, fired the
pistol which started the men on the
long tramp. The men got away in good
order, running at a smart trot, but
some of them soon started to sprint to
gain the honor Of finishing ahead in
the first lap. Tony Loentin, wearing
the number IL, was first to complete
tive circuit. He was closely followed by
George Metkus and P. ]. DiEeen.
Dineen OF Boston was leading at the
! end of the first mile, made in 5.17.
Prouty relieved Dineen after the sec
ond mile and led the pack at the fnis,
of the fifth mile. His time was 3l.0o.
Davis of the Indian team was second,
only four yards away.
Peter Hegelman, who with Fat Cava-
Nauh for his partner. won the only pre-
ViOus six-day team race with a score
of 40 miles, seemed to be the favor
lite for the first night crowd. He re-
ceived much applause and was fire.
quentiy urged by his admirers ITO cut
loose" But Hegelman, experienced
ped that he u.s. was satisfied to
maintain an even pace, which kept him
within striking distance of the leaders.
At the end of the first hour Dinecn
and Prouty of the Boston team. We're
tied with Davis and Munley, the Indian
team, for first place with , miles and
5 laps. Corey and Coleman of the Chi
cago team and Smallwood and Cur
ran of the Scotch Welsh team, were
tied for second place with Miles and
3 laps.
Hegelman and Golden came next with
8 miles and laps and Spring and
Adams followed with miles, 5 laps.
The first of the foreigners in the first
stage were the Belgians. Navez and
poms, and the Swiss-Italian team,
Guignard and Revere, each of whom
covered miles, 4 laps.
New York, March Fifty four pc
destrians, divided into q teams, started
tonight in the international go-as-you-
please race at Madison Square Garden
The duration of the contest will be Ia
hours, the finish being scheduled for
10 o'clock next Saturday night. a spe-
cial clay and cinder track measuring
10 laps to the mile has been laid. 1t Is
similar to that made for the recent in
door Marathon races but much wider.
Five thousand dollars in prizes is Of
fered by the management, of which the
winning team will get $500 and the
next seven teams proportional amounts.
Partners in teams can relieve each 9th
err as often as they choose but neither
can be on the track more than II hours
out of every "a. BY frequent relays j.
is expected that fast time will be made
and that all previous worlds records
will be bettered.
The men who are competing were Sc
lccted from the best professionals in
the world and Is countries arc repre-
scented in the contest as follows
Fiench-Edouard Cibot-Louis Orphec.
Italian-Ettoro Ferri-Guido Pallanti
lrish--Patrick FeganF Francis Curtis
English - Juick Sapsford-Herbert
Wolledge.
Dutch-W. w. walker-C. Jansen.
Belgian Alexandero Navez-Albert
Doms.
German-Tony Loeslien-Geo. kluber
tanz.
Greek-N. c. Athanassiades-A Andrew
Devaris.
Creek George Tseckouras-Jo hn 2.
Ponaritis.
Swiss talian-Henry Guignard Um-
berto Revere.
Italian American - Torilo Calabro-
Giuseppe Milono.
Scotch Welsh-Percy Small Wood
James Curran.
Cuban English - Henry Shelton-Jas.
Fraser.
Canadian - David Hartiy- Anthony
Higgins.
lndian-Rill Davis-Henry Munley.
American Peter Hagelman-Pery
Golden.
Afro-Amercan-J. e. Blake-Frank
Kellar.
Military Corporal Harvey Endlch-
Louis H. Someran.
New England-Frank Annable-J. P.
C'Driscoll.
New York-Mike Spring Ed Adams.
Chicago--Albert E. Corey-John Cole
man.
Philadelphia - John Metkus-Georse
Tracey.
Boston-P. ]. Dineen-W. F. Prouty.
New Jersey-George Harrington-Jer-
~ Sullivan.
New York. West Side-J. 7. Christie
James Ward
Mohawk valley-David Quackenbush-
Julius Edeson.
Art Students CT New York;. Her
mann-H. Philips.