The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-25
SH R j BIB is
ONCE MORE:
WINNER
Slow Time Made.=.St. Yves
Unable to Make Him 10
His Best

Now York. April 24.--Altred shrubb
of Horsham, England, once more
proved himself the greatest middle dis
tance runner I'm the business by de.
feating st. Yves OF France. ut the
American league grounds tonight AT
no time WAS the result In doubt When
miles had been covered, Shrubb hud
lead of two laps and this seemed 10
content him for he ran the rest OF the
race at St Yves side. During the last
two miles of the race St Yves made
frantic efforts to oyeTtake his rival,
but TO no avail
Schrubbs' time for the race. hour,
20 minutes and Il seconds. was over
minutes behind the professional rec
ord and nearly minutes behind the
amateur mark This slow time was
due To the fact that the Frenchman
could not make him do his best during
the last half OF the race
The american League Park was
fairly we'll filled despite cold wind
that made it rather uncomfortable for
the spectators. The lighting arrange
mentS were good.
st. Yves was the first of the starters
to appear on the track. but he pre-
ceded Shrubb by only a moment. the
latter sprinting by the Frenchman
and reaching the starting point first.
The men we're of with burst OF
speed at 9:02 p m.
Shrisbb strated with his usual grace
full stride while ST Yves went off at
the short patter which served him So
well in the Marathon derby
In the first lap, Shrubb opened ur
Il Oh rI and inHT19cpn
, this gradually as the race progressed.
In the fourth lap st Yves showed
more speed. but Shrubb increased his
pace so that at the end of the sixth
lap or the finish OF the first mile. he
was a quarter of lap In front. The
| time for the mile was i.o4 AS the
race progressed Shrubb preceptibly
widened the gap between himself and
his rival. The second mile, finished In
1914, found him nearly half lap In
the lead
Shrubb finished the third mile in
1882. the fourth In 20:56 and the hith
| In 26:22. He gained full lap near
the end OF the fourth mile and then
, for time the men ran shoulder 10
4, shoulder. but the Briton quickened his
mace and again began to draw away
! from st. Yves. The EngliShman fin"
ished the sixth mile In 31.36
| He was then lap and half to tho
good. St Yves, early in the seventh
mile. started to spurt He diminished
Shrubbs lead, but with his machine
! like stride. Shrubb after couple or
laps. again drew away from tho
Frenchman. The finish of the seventh
mile found him nearly two full laps
in the rear. The seven miles were
done in 81 20, more than two minutes
ahead nj the record Shrubb establish
ed in his race with Longboat
/ Shrubb finished the eighth mile in
1919 still running beside his oppo-
mont The next mile was void of In
cident. Shrubb finished the nine miles
i'm 10 90 Sull running at st. Yves
side Shrubb finished the ten miles N
So 80. Despite this excellent perform
ance the crowd cried 10 him to come
on faster and win the watch ouereu
for lowering the 10 mile record.
] Shrubb. content To hold his established
lead of two laps, ran beside the French
man during the next three miles. his
tImc for II miles was l.O1;12, for l.
miles LOS O3, and for Is miles
ll,1415.
St yves sprin;cd again during tho
fourteenth mile with the forlorn hope
apparently of testing his competitor,
For a brief time. he drew away ana
had n lead of 90 yards, but Shruoo
soon caught him. Shrubb tinished inc
fourteenth mile in 1;2O;lT
Further sprinting in the last mlie
by the Frenchman reduced snruoo :
lead to 1:1-2 laps. but when the gun
was fred for the last lap. ShruDo
shovel that he had plenty In reserve
by regnining half Of his loss: he IN,
ished the race in &c: IL with lc1a
of 1874 laps. ST. Yves time for the 10
miles was 1:27,5S.