The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-09
MALoNEY WINS MARATHON
Beats Big Field Of Runners at Madi
son Square.

New York. Jan. 9.-Marthew Malon-
ey of the Trinity Athletic club Of
Brooklyn won the amateur indoor
Marathon race at Madison Square
Garden last night from thirty-one
other competitors in quite handy fash
ion. Maloney. who had run strongly
throughout the race, ran his competi-
tors into the ground after finishing 20
miles, and won practically by himself
He was four laps or nearly half a mile
ahead Of James +. Crowley, the New
York Marathon winner Sidney H.
Hatch of Chicago, who always finishes
strongly in these distance races, did
so again tonight and plucked third
place from Sam Mellor, the veteran
Yonkers runner, who had set the pace
for fifteen miles. Maloneys time was
2.54.45 %, which is rather slow. 1t
was probably due in measure to the
fact that the track was soft and for
the last five miles there was no man
srong enough to push the winner
Maloney is practically new conner
in the running game and has only
been in this country for three years.
He ran himself into prominence by win
ming the Rye to Manhattan Marathon
in the remarkable time of 2.36.26 1-5.
Crowley lost time and distance to-
ward the end of the race through trou
BILE with his shoes. He changed them
but the new ones did not suit and he
ran the last two miles Of the race in
his bare feet.
A big and enthusiastic crowd wit
messed the event
The men got away in good shape des
pite the big field. The runners were
soon nicely strung out, with C. Ressin
ice OF New York in the lead after three
| laps had been covered. He did not
however stay to the front long, as
| Samuel Mellor Jr., of Yonkers, vet
eran of many Marathons, took up the
running and was leading at the enc
of the first mile, which was covered
In the splendid time Of 456 rs.
Matthew Maloney, who holds the
worlds record for the full Marathon
distance, and James F. Crowley, an
other Marathon winner, who had beer
trailing, moved up in the fourth mil'
and beginning the fifth they were run
ming second and third as named. L
Mellor. The latter finished the fifth
mile in 1886. He was nearly TIVE
laps ahead Of the field.
Mellor kept up his splendid form
| during the next five miles, remaining
In the van and even increasing hi
lead over Crowley and Maloney, witt
we're still his nearest competitors, b
three laps. At the end of the tent
mile Mellor was but 3 3-5 seconds be
hind the record for the distance max
In the Longboat- Dorando race.
At this point the pace increased
bit through the men in the rear try
ing to make up ground, and as a re
suit Mellor got ahead Of the record
He covered thirteen miles, about hal
the race distance, in 1.17.SS 1-5, whic
was IL 3-5 better than the time mad
in the Longboat record race. Tn
effort however, began to tell, an
Crowley and Maloney began to owe
haul him. They made up the thre
laps. and when the fifteenth mile ha
been run, the red handkerchief whic
denoted the leader, had been passe
from Mellor's hand to that of Crowle,
Crowley maintained his advantae
as the next two miles were being rec
ed off, and at the seventeenth mil
had lead of yard over Malone
Maloney then forged to the froI
and led at the end Of the twentiet
mile. with Crowley second, only
: yard behind.
From the twentieth mile on to tf
end Maloney showed that he was
class by himself among the Mar
thon amateurs. He Hoped into II
lead, and running well within h
powers finished four laps ahead
James F. Crowley. Sidney H. Hate
of Chicago finished third and MellC
fourth.