The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-02

well as the "kids" of the game. AS
tonishing as it may seem, in one week
a young man of % years of age won
an open race from big field in rec
ord smashing time, and man of AZ
years followed this performance by
winning a professional race in time
that compares very favorably with the
other.
Interest in Marathon running, which
is nothing more than variation of
the old and exciting go-as-you-please
style of travelling made famous by
Rowell, O'Leary, Weston, Fitzgerald
and Dobler of the SOS, never was so
keen as at the present time, and a
week seldom passes now that new
star does not break out in some sec
ton of the country through the me-
dunn of one of these runs.
Michael Maloney a member of the
Trinity Athletic club of New York, is
the young man who recently broke all
known records for the real distance,
26 miles and 3S5 yards, by covering
the course IN 2:26:26, better time by
over nineteen minutes than John j.
Hayes made in the London Olympiad.
In addition, Mike Crowley, who fin
ished second, was right on the heels
of the winner and also inside Of the
record.
Over in Boston Pat Dineen, an
ancient type of runner, who has been
-, &C. 60. On
or more, won an indoor Marathon, now
rapidly coming into style, and won so
easily that he had only to walk the
final five miles. Yet his time,
2:45:26 3-5, is wonderful, all things
considered.
So it may be considered this is one
game that carries with it no age limit.
Grueling and nerve Tacking as it may
seem to be when the complete exhaus-
ton into which men run themselves is
considered, frequent tests of this ma
ture do not seem to sap an athletes
usefulness.
OF course, it cannot be argued that
the old timers are as good at the game
as the youngsters, hut they hang on
remarkably well. Dan. O'Leary is
still competing, and so is Henry
Schmehl Weston, and a number of
others. They have time limits on a
mans usefulness in ali other games
but this one apparently.
The coming of Dcrando Pietri, the
wonderful Italian runner, to this coun-
try has stirred up great interest
among followers of athletics.
When Dorando Pietri, or Dorando, as
he is commonly called, arrived in the
United States of America he possessed
only ten dollars in American money
and reputation as a Marathon run
ner gained by his race against Johnny
Hayes, the American, in London, when
he lost near the finish because the of
ficials aided him across the line.
To-day Dorando is one of the fore
most figures in the world of sports,
and his ten dollars has grown to
$1,000, made by running 50 miles and
some yards against Hayes and Long
boat, which he has tucked safely away
in a New York bank. He is adding to
that sum at the rate of 81 900 a week,
and will go back to Italy some day
Weather, as wealth goes in the 'sun-
ny land and with the added triumph
Of having INDICATED himself partially
for his defeat in the London stadium,
besides having seen this great country
and all its wonders.
How easy it is to get a fortune-at
least one that will rank with that of
many big Italians-in a few months
will be question which Dorando will
tell his countrymen with great delight
when he returns to his native land,
as he probably will. His brother,
Ulpiano Pietri, is also sharing in the
proceeds of his "get-rich-quick" ex-
periences.
In Italy Doradno was but a poor
Italian, who earned his daily bread as
best he could, and it was a meager
living at that. He had always been an
amateur and raced in Marathons mere
ly for glory. But tempting offers of a
fortune to be made in America. with
expenses to come to this country, won
him to the professional ranks, Just as
it had won Johnny Hayes some time
prior
Dorando is almost certain to appear
in a four-cornered race with Hayes,
Longboat and Shrubb, and probably
will race Hayes and Shrubb again. as
well as LongbOat. This with his the
atrical engagement, will certainly in
crease his bank account to $4,000 be-
fore he leaves America.
Think of it! Dorando has run only
So miles and several hundred yards
to get $1,000. At that rate. when he
has run 200 miles he will have a6out
$4,000 1t means that for every min
ute he is on the track in New York
Dorando gets about $2S. or $3.50 an
hour.
In Italy. as a messenger for a
baker, he ran Marathon or two every
day That is how he got his start as
a long distance runner. In year he
made little more than he makes in
Madison Square garden in a miaute.
Such is fame in America.