The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-06
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Tom LOngboat WreStS Mar
athOn LaurelSFrom PIuCky
Alfred Shrubb.

Madison Square Garden, New York,
Feb 5.-Maintaining an even, swing
Ing stride, that rarely varied thTougho-
out the race, Tom Longboat, the Onon-
daga Indian from Canada. wrested the
laurels OF an indoor Marathon race
tonight at Madison Square Garden,
when victory seemed almost within the
grasp OF the plucky Englishman. AL
fred Shrubb. who collapsed In the 25th
mile, leaving the Indian to finish tho
long race of 26 miles and 1856 yards
alone
Longboat's time for the race was 2
hours. SO minutes, 40 20 seconds,
which is nearly eight minutes behind
the record made by Dorando, the Ital-
ian. In his race with Johnny Hayes,
the Olympic Marathon winner last fall.
The Indian finished In fine fettle and
was in no wise distressed.
The vast garden was thronged with
excited thousands who cheered the two
contestants. Shrubb. as was predicted
by his followers, went out in front at
the gun1re, and with a pace that was
remarkable.
There was some delay in getting
the race started. but at 9.1S p. m, the
runners were lined up and a minute
later, were sent away. Shrubb imme
diately flashed In the lead and assum-
Ing fast pace gradually incresaed tho
distance between himself and the In
dian runner.
Shrubb's tactic soon became plain
He swifted his pace after going a lap
or SO, and though Longboat ran with
easy strides. 1t was evident that the
pace was too stiff for him When
Shrubb finished tie third lap the In
dian was a third Of lap behind and
from there TO the end OF the first mile,
which Shrubh finished in minutes 32
seconds, the Indian slowly but surely
fell behind. AT the end OF the mile
Longboat was three-quarters of a lap
behind and at the finish Of the next. or
eleventh lap the Indian just trailed
after the English runner. AT the end
of the second mile. Shrubb was leading
by nearly lap and half The time
for the two miles was 1918 As
Shrubb's almost perfect action in
running brought him the admiration Of
the crowd, expressed frequently in
cheers and shouts of encouragement
Longboat. with his usual lope. how
ever. had q host Of friends who did
not seem to lose confidence as the
EnglIshman drew into comfortable
lead.
"Shrubb can never stand that gait
to the end shouted one o fthe In
dams admirers and it truly seemed
as II this must be so, especially as
Shrubb finished the Ave mile distance
in 81 not so very far from the time
it takes to cover the distance when
trained men are running at their best
Shrubb was two and half laps ahead
at this time.
1t was noted here that while Shrubb
had gained two laps in tho first three
miles. he had added only an additional
half lap In the next two miles.
Shrubb's plan, II appears, was to
run Il fast mile or two, during which he
made decided gains. and then he would
steady down to trot apparently 10
reserve his wind and strength His
spriDts always created an uproar in
the crowd, the spectators cheering him
fantIcally The Englishman gained
another two and half laps In the Sec
ond five miles and was FIVE laps. or
! half mile ahead when the ten miles
was finished.
The time for the ten mile mark was
57:32 3-5.
I.ongboat's time for the ten miles In
| his race with Dorando was 58 81 1-5
nearly minute and q half behind
behind Shrubb's time tonight
During the running OF the 10th mile
and also the goth. Shubb placed tho
eighth lap between himself and Long
boat
The time for the 20 mile mark was
| 2.O1:25 as.
Shrubb In the 21st mile suddenly
stopped TO change his shoes, During
his brief absence from the track Long
boat gained one of his lost laps, but