New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
MARATHON FOR ROEETT
LEADS II BIG FIELD IN
SLOW TIME.
Race from Y0nkers to american
League Park Fatal 10 Hopes
of FaU0rites.

finishing when it IVES dark as TO make II
-, 20 impossible 10 distinguish one face from
-o,bsr William Rozett. Of the Pastime Athletic
,7,s won tire Marathon run. which began at Getty
s,usrs Yorkers and ended IN American League
p,-k Yesterday The winners time. hrs IL min.
:, IS tie slovvest Of all the Marathons Charles
andrews. of the Xavier Athletic Association. fin
,.h.6 second nearly mile behind the winner
Robert Fowler. the former Boston runner. who
--on the New Years Day Marathon between
yonkers ard the Empire City racetrack, was
favorfte in yesterdays affair but after leading for
& rood part Of the distance Fowler collapsed Harry
Tsnsen Of the Pastirne Athletic Club. also gave up
.f,s- running more than half the distance He
80 had been in the lead for a number Of miles
Fred LORE. the Mohawk runner, met similar fate.
Neu ssplrants over cropping up in an affair
=, this kind ani yesterdays dark horse proved to
be + Cannezzard. who until three months ago.
had no create aim in life than follow the occu-
nation Of a fisherman in Southern Italy The
earthquake caused him TO change his mind and
t,-u his face toward the land CT the free and the
h-sre The scorers save him fifth place. but in
the opinion o. many the Italian was third, and
rossbly second
IRE management Of the race was the worst ever
sssn in such a contest. and because OF mix-up the
Start vas delayed until 39 p The unusually slow
ire be partly explained ny the soft condition
of the qlarte:-uile track laid the grass
within the inclosure-
Roget. the winner. has headed the list
IN any previous Marathon, although he has COM
-e,sd in several as well as many 'cToss-country
mrs He IS not more than twenty years OF age.
Il grew 50 dark that the judges called the
orciaIy Of after the time Of the first five men had
heen taken
There were eighty-three starters and encouraged
by the cheers of ten thousand persons the thinly
clad athletes began their long Journey. Jensen took
the lead once. closely followed by {. Andrews,
Of the Xavier Athletic Association. The pace CON
tinued fast down South Broadway to Broadway.
and after five miles had been covered Fowler
moved into second place
Ths first man TO reach American League Park
vas Jensen. who had travelled 90 yards before
Fowler the second man. appeared. He was closely
attended By Andrews. with Raines next. and then
came J Nulperte Of the St Marys Athletic Club.
No, more than five thousand persons were in the
park
For the next twenty minutes the competitors
came straggIing in. and some entered the gateway
.f walk The track in spots was trihe soft. and
caused the men swing wide. At ten miles the
scorers had Jensen first, Andrews second, Raines
third and Fowler fourth. To many II appeared as
II Fowler vas second, but the scorers couldn't see
I, that Nay Jensen's time for ten miles was 1 hr.
2 E1in. q secs.
Fred Lorz, who hour before had got fourth
r-ze in the hve-nile handicap. attracted consider
able attention for having the hardihood 10 take
chance in the Marathon.
farneFZard. who entered the 1rclOSure some eight
lsps behind the leader. caught the eye Of the
crowd which began calling him Dorando. Cannez-
zsrd frequently sprinted. much TO the delight OF
TIE Spectators.
A. the fifteenth mile the scorers had not straight
cred out their rnuddle but James z. Sullivan tie
referee had Il announced that Jensen and Fowler
were running on the same lap. Jensen's lead was
about Iso yards. and his time at that point was
! hr. 81 min. Is lis secs.
A. sixteen and one-quarter miles Jensen got
psin in his side and had to slow down TO walk
Before he got under way again Fowler had passed
him and taken the lead. while Lorz moved into
second place.
When Fowler had covered seventeen miles he
stopped and walked for while, which enabled
I-z n AXE the lead. Fowler started 10 run again,
and although I,orz was then seventy-hve
Yards in front the former Bostonian quickly closed
the zap. and before eighteen miles had been COW
cred Fowler Grew alongside OF LIorZ quarter
Of mile further Jensen retired from the race
Al nineteen miles Lorz showed signs OF weak
eninr and Fowler began to draw rapidly away
Andrews was third. about five hundred yards be-
hind
little later LORI slowed down 10 walk out
Fowler kept Flooding along apparently IN eooa
condition LORI got moving again IN time 10 Keep
second although al twenty miles he was one lap
behind Fowler The latter's time for the ais'aLlCe
vas hrs Is Minis secs Lorz covered the ols-
tance in hrs IS Minis secs' ano ANU -, -
-ss hrs q rains s-5 sec At twenty-one inieS
Fowler was leading, while Rozett had taken sec
end place Hankrnan had taken third ana ochlo-
hohn fourth. Cennezzsrd came next ACCORDING 70
the scorers who failed 10 see Andrews ABOUT 'ii'
time LORI gave It up.
sbo-+1v sfts- rzgsng tie tventy-second mile post
Fowler got cramps in the muscles Of his legs aho
dropped on the far side Of the track His hanoiers
uassaged him vigorously for a moment ana ne was
seon m again and running. Al that stage Rozett
reid second place about three-qu6rters OF 4 lap
hack AZ rvrepty-four miles Rozett drew Up rap
tdly on Fosier and soon took the lead Fowler ap-
peered in bad gay. but. encouraged by the SHOUTS
Of MS handlers started 10 hold Rozett' but the
effort wax futile. for lap further on he collapsed
cornpletely and had TO be carried away
By this time about half Of the original eighty
TIRES starters had dropped by the waysioe "hhe
e good many ot those stil In the race were Walk
ing At twenty-five miles ROsett was leading HIS
clesest rival at that stage was Andrews. and ao-
eorsinx to the scorers. Haliknan had moved into
third place with Schsobohm fourth and Cannezzard
fifth.
Al the finish Rozett about mile ahead OF
Andrews, who only got the place by few feet
from schiobohm Next came Cannezzard, about
quarter OF mile back, while z, Horn. Of the St
Ga5riel's Athletic Club. got fifth prize
While waiting for the Marathon runners to ap-
pear the crowd kept In good humOr by watch
ing a series of short distance races among so
called novices It looked odd 70 see J. J. McEntee
the New York Athletic Club crack, who has won
hundreds Of prizes, competing a novice In the
hundred Yards. McEntee a novice on this par
ueuar occasion because he had never won at one
hundred yards Incidentally. he won the final heat
eased up. Fl Il secs
me naie novice attracted a large field. and be-
.Sie nam lap had been covered L. Gilmore, OF
ms dominican Lyceum, showed IN front. At the
p-sI.@ ne LED by ten yards from II. Jsburg. an
s.S''ep-t< e'leo runner. with R T. Beggs, Trinity
Athletic Club enrsnt third Gilmore always showed
- HoEt ana finally by fifteen yards from
8, WIN W J. Wright. OF the Pastine Athletic
-o' t'lFd The time vas Minis. 4s s-5 secs.