Evening star., 1909-04-25
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In the fourth lap st. Yves appeared q
bit nervous and 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 4:54.
The crowd heartily cheered the Eng
apparently took no notice, and plodded
on.
AS the race progressed Shrubb percep-
tibly widened the gap between himself and
his rival The second mile. finished in
1O.14. found him nearly half lap In
the lead.
Shrubb finished the third mile in 1882,
the fourth in 20.56 and the five miles In
1923. He gained a full lap near the
end of the fourth mile. and then for
but the Briton was not to be denied, and,
quickening his pace, he again began to
draw away from st. Yves.
The Englishman, still going strong as
ever, finished the sixth mile in 81 J6. He
was then a lap and a half to the good.
Squirt by st. Yves.
st. Yves, early in the seventh mile,
started to squirt, egged on, apparently, by
hundreds of unmistakably French voices
in the crowd. He slightly diminished
Shrubb's lead, but with his machine-like
stride Shrubb. after couple of laps.
again drew away perceptibly from the
Frenchman. The finish Of the seventh
mile found him nearly two full laps in
the lead. The seven miles were nego-
tiated in 1923. more than two minutes
ahead Of the record Shrubb established
in his race with LOngboat.
In the second lap OF the eighth mile
Shrubb once more got up to the French
man and ran at his heels amid the cheers
of the crowd and the strains of the
British Grenadiers'' from the band. st.
Yves kept up his usual pace. and Shrubb
was content for time to run alongside
OF him.
shrubb finished the eighth mile in 43.19.
still running beside his opponent. The
next mile was void of incident. Shrubb
being content to jog along with his two
laps lead. finished the nine miles In
1923.
Still running at st. Yves shoulder.
Shrubb finished ten miles in b5:a9. De-
spite this excellent performance the crowd
cried to him to come on faster and win
the watch offered for lowering the fif-
teen-mile record.
Shrubb, content to hold his established
lead of two laps, ran beside the French
man during the next three miles. His
time for eleven miles was :01:12: for
twelve miles. 1OS;O3. and for thirteen
miles. 1:14:15. The pace had slackened
considerably. and the time for the dis-
Both men appeared to feel the effects
Of the cold night air, yet they kept plod-
ding along without any change Of posi-
ton. The people chatted in the stands
and took up the chorus OF popular songs
played by the band.
st. Yves sprinted again during the four
teenth mile with the forlorn hope ap-
parently of testing his competitor. For
a brief time he drew away and had
lead of twenty yards. but Shrubb soon
caught up with him. Shrubb finished
the fourteen miles in LOOT.
Further sprinting in the last mile by
the F'renchman reduced Shrubb's lead to
one and a half laps. but when the gun
was fired for the last lap Shrubb showed
that he had plenty in reserve by regaining
half Of his loss. He finished the race In
1922, with lead of one and three
quarter laps. st. Yves time for the if
teen miles was 1.27.5S
James p. Eccles of Yonkers, n. Y, run
ming as No Is, won the fve-mile race
which preceded the big event. His time
was 27S7 2-5. Thirteen runners started.