The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-04

THE WINNER
He Captures Marathon
Prize.
SHRUBB AND L0NGB0AT OUT
Remarkable Speed Is Shown All
the Way.
st, Yves. the New Corner, Led from the
Start to the Finish. Beins COM
parstiyeiy Fresh when He
Crossed the Finish

New York. April a--Henri st. Yves
Of France won the great international
Marathon derby for professional rum
ners at the National League Baseball
Park. here today. Dorando Pietri Ca
Italy was second: John-J. Hayes OF
New York. third. and Matthew Maloney
VI Yonkers, N. X. fourth. Tom Long
boar, the Canadian Indian, quit the
track In the twentieth mile, and Al
fred Shru5b OF England gave up IN
the twenty fifth mile. Both were COM
R.steiy exhausted IN trying 70 mold
The terrihc pace set by the French
from the twentieth to the twenty-nItn
mile. the distance being too Tar Tor
MIN.
figured but little In the forecasts of
the race, covered The Marathon dis
lance. twenty six miles. $50 yards, In
two h s.i. forty minutes. nifty anu
Torrance under the conditions. and
finished with q fast sprint in good
condition. Dorando was four minutes.
behind the B'renchman. while Hayes
followed the Italian across the finish
line three minutes and nfty seconds
ST. Yves took $1,000 OF the prize moley.
Dorando $4,000, Hayes $500 and Ma
loney $1,000. Shrubb and LongDoat go
These are the net results Of the
greatest Marathon ever run In Amer
lca. and In ali, except In point OF NUM-
bers OF contestants. the greatest eyer
lance runners In the world, competing
for small fortune In prizes, brought
out crowd that packed the newly
to the point of standing room. large
majority. of the $4,000 spectators VINO
sat on the bleachers put up umbrellas
showers Hs which Tell during the frst
hour of the race. When the six run
ners came upon the Geld at 3 o'clock,
Showers mad softensd up the already
soft turf course, and there was q pros
pect that 1t would be 2 track OF mud:
Earlier In the day. me course n ,na
would afford Better footing for the
st. Yves to the Front.
At ten minutes after o'clock the
men were sent away with q pistol shot
by big Tim" sullivan. Dorando az
gspssb o9 sndy fSlSSs X Haeasy sns
Hayes fell behind several yards and
took up a steady trot. In this order
sssy dan f rSs h 81 Yves passed
and began a sprint that broaght rns
crowd TO its feet. He gained sixty
yards and fnisned the mrs tmiie II n nys
wers many Frenchmen present, and the
band stirred their enthusiasm with tne
l;a ,s Frs Tss sao Sia n SaoRRs
press the crowd. an dthere were erica
Of "Oh, he'll come back all right. put
the dark horse" went along at III.
the second mile he caught up with
IN the fifth mile there was 2 touch
q the fs a .ns Ss0E q sssnd
sight OF. the flying Frenchnan so tar
ahead, set out to catch him. He pass
ed Dorando and soon cut ~ aVS ~, s svsn
terms with him In the sixth mile. 81.
Yves looked uneasy and sprinted des-
perateiy, soon leaving shrnSSb d tar Dsi
him to go. droppinb back with Do
rando and Longboat. Longboat seem.
ed to have. difficulty In the seveh.n
the leaders. Although the band play.
ed "The star spangled Banner. tne
crowd standing With heads ps rns,.e %
the rain; the 9 ~ ths point Of increas-
"a Thsy were OF at $40. unofficial time
Dorsndo took the lead at the crack
ives. Hs second. shrubb third. Longboat
fourth. Maloney NTH and Hayes last;
Time for first mile Marathon BIS.
At the finish OF the first mile, 81 IVES
led nv sixty yards with Dorando sec
and. followed By schrubb and Longboat
well punched. They were all running
St. yves was $50 yards ahead Of Do q.
rsa rand s at the snd close Sa the second. The
Frenchman's speed at this stage was
Suggestive OF a blow up. The time Tor
two T 1be en ,y' Of the third mile. which
was made in 1875 St Yves led by one
third OF a lap Dorando second. close
" followed by Shrubb and Longpoat,
closely punched. st. Yves Tapped Hayes
for the second time In the hrst lap OF
tne io the end Of the fourth mile ST.
Yves still led. Dorando second: snrupp
and Longboat very close. Time az
foI w m the sixth i' lap Of the NTH mile
sbruhh ran after the Frenchman and
was on even terms with him. AT tne
end of the nth mile st. yves mao, naa tn ne
lead by a narrow margin Time 20
i' AZ the end of six miles st. Yyes
was leading by twenty-five yer0s, DO
in order named closer ouncneo' 1iine
for six miles 1854 Id.
Al the end OF the seventh mile. st.
Yves still maintained the lead cy Ten
yards. Dorando was secona a,r,a L0p sSr
boat tnlro. Snr
Se Towa a the fnish Of the eighth mile.
the Frenchman sprinted and passed
HAYES and Maloney once more, in his
effort to get away from the Italian.
who was still followed closely by
Longboat and Shrubb; In the sesond
Ian az the ninth mile, Shrub ran aheal
Of the italian. Time for eight miles
~ Lon@boat sprints.
st Yves at the finish OF the ninth
mile, sprinted and the Indian: In the
last lap of that mile. went ahead OF
shrubb, and Dorando. Time TOT the
In the frst lap OF the eleventh mile
the Indian moved UP to within ten
yards OF the Frenchman, but Shruoo.
with q sudden squirt. passed ooth or
them. At the end Of the eleventh mile
shrub was leading by a yari viii, with
the Indian four yards away Aiihe
eleven miles 1:02:47.
In the next three laps Shrunb and 81.
Yves ran neck and neck with Long
boat $50 yards behind and Dorando M
ty yards I'm the rear OF the indian
Time twelve miles 1:0s:36 go. ,.,.
a little sprint. lapper DorSnao m mho
came near catching Dongooat. Inc
Frenchman overlook the Italian. The
race then stood: Shrubb. ST Yves
Longboat and Dorando Shrnobs time
for thirteen miles was :14:l6.
In the fourteenth mile: 81 yves
sprinted and got the lead for lap and
a half with Shrubb only yard away.
Dorando and the Indian struggling
thirty yards in the rear
In the fourteenth mile Shrubb forged
ahead of st. Yves and the pace ne set
carried the pair two yards apart. tuI-
ly forty yards ahead of the indian.
A. 49, "a 80 kha Fourtaanth YnflR