The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-04
STAGE DOOR OPEN
TO MARATHON STAR
Plucky Graduate of Partisan
Cafes BeSieged by Thea
ter Managers.

NEW YORK. April 4-Henri St.
Yves, the plucky little Frenchman who
won the Marathon championship yes
terday. announced today that he was
willing TO defend The title against all
Corners
Already his hotel is besieged by
theatrical managers who want him for
various kinds OF contracts. Il may 20
on the stage" he said. 'ebut the rest
Of the time I will be running, and
shall not be unprepared when the right
Kind OF a match is arranged
There is already talk Of another
match race to give DOrando satisfac-
ton. Dorando today did not concede
that he had been beaten for a finality
The weather was against me- he said
How could / run in drizzIing rain?
Even at the Garden I complained that
/ could not make time on a soft track.
A good hard track is what I was
taught to run on. Give me a solid
track and 1 think that can regain the
championship
Dorando Said he expected to gain the
consent of Pat Powers and Harry Pol
lock. promoters of the Marathon. for
another outdoor contest when there
would be more satisfactory conditions.
y have given Hayes satisfaction he
said. and why should not the French
man give me another show. one con-
test does not settle the championship,
especially when the running is in a
drizzling rain
He finished but four laps ahead of
me- L can, under favorable conditions,
gain that four laps and add four more
20 il"
Endorsed By Hayes.
Johnny Hayes, the American ex-
champion, who finished third. is also
game He says that under the Erece-
dent established. St. Yves will have 10
give DerandO another contest, and that
he is as eager for the race as the Ital-
ian. MY condition" he said, was not
as good as it should have been, and
when the next race comes along l will
see to it that I finish in he lead. I IN
CersJand that MeSsrs. Powers and Pol
lok have agreed upon a contest for the
near future / Will start then training
tomorrow, confident that the race will
be arranged. l gave DOTandO chance
10 reverse the issue when he came TO
America, and then he gave me another
contest So. in the natural course OF
events, q Yves must accept he chal-
lenge of the Italian.
When told what tho Frenchman had
said, Hayes declared it was the right
kind of spirit To show
Matt MalOney- representing Ireland
who finished fourth, and Alfred Shrubb,
Engla nd, who quit in the twenty-fourth
mile, are still game. They declare that
insufficient training and the rain in
terfered with them. Under more favor
able conditions they believe that they
Will still have fighting chance for the
championship.
Canadian Camp Gloomy.
There was gloom in the Grand Union
Hotel, where Tom LongbOat, Canada,
and his Canadian friends arose this
morning to discuss the situation. Long
boat COULD not blame the weather. Just
before the race he looked out. and see
ing the rain. a beatific smile s0read
over his cOunteRance Indian wealth
or, q good sign" he said. But is wasn't
d good sign, for his friends with dismav
saw him quit in the twentieth mile
LonSboa said that he had not the
training necessary for the contest
i m going 10 cut out this easy living
and get on the outskirts of the CITY
somewhere where L can live like az. In
dian. / viii do some mighty hard train
ing. and If my friends come around
and ask me to 60 10 dinner or TO = 1
show l viii run them away bv the
nape OF their necks. That's the trouble /
with runner The temptation TO take
thi4igs easy is so great that he finds to
ms discontinue that the fellow who I
"OrkS harder gets the laurelS."