New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
DORANDO QUITS AGAIN
BEATEN BY LONGBOAT
Italian Forced to LeaUe Track Afte,
Running Nineteen Miles.

Buffalo Jan. tom LOngbOat. the Canada,
Indian runner repeated his victory over Doranso
Pfetri. the Italian. in Marathon run here to
night As was the in New York on thar
fO1mer meeting, Dorando collapsed and Longhoat
won by himself.
The end came with startling suddenness N -.
sixth lap of the nineteenth mile Dorando had tIz.
made one of his spe pectacular sprtnts and the 10,
thousand persons IN the armOry were on their Se4.
cheering Justify when the italian faItered and fsT
10 the track
His stomach has gone back on him. said IA,
brother and trainer who rushed To his side ana
led him away 20 the dressing room Dorando va.
able TO walk, but appeared to be completely ex-
hausted
He ran the eighteen miles and SIX laps ness fan.
yards) in 1910 - having led for practically N.
entire distance The pair started OF "a a terri7.
pace with the crack of the pistol thefrs mile bens
covered in minutes and seconds new record
was established for almost every mile. the time FOR
the eighteenth being t:t5.04 10. as compared with
l: :5o.04 8-5 made at Madison Square Garden in New
York
An exciting incident occurred IN the third mile
I,ongboat trailing behind his opponent stumbled
at the first turn and went sprawling on the TRACK
His leg struck the tmbered side Of the bank
drawing blood. The Indian sprang TO his feet Ike
a fash and recovered the lost ground before the
lap was completed
After Dorando stopped in the nineteenth nile
Longboat slowed down and covered the remaining
six miles at walk
Loagboat was Z to I favorite over DoraIdo IN
what little betting there just before the race
began. The Canadian contingent got IN the city
early and snapped up all the money offered dOER-
town at slightly better figures. DOrandO was not
without a host Of admirers and hackers out they
were net prepared the avalanche OF money
offered by the Indians admirers The crowd vas
a record breaking one for an event OF the Kind u
this city. As early Z o'clock long lines OF ticks
buyers stretched down the front and sides OF In
74th Regiment armoTy. and every minute added q
the crowd massed in font of the building
Look out for that Boston record said Lang
boat, after ne had tried the specially prepared Dirt
track the armOry floor early in the evening
The track was six feet wide and slightly banked
1t was made of clay and tanbark. well packed, and
held in place by stout timber The course was a.
most oval nine laps 20 a mile.
Francis Nelson. OF Toronto acted as referee. ard
William ]. Conners. chairman Of the State Demo
cratic Committee. fired the starting signal
1t vas 900 when the men were sent away to a
good start Dorando sprung into the lead and set
a terrific pace for the first few laps LOngboat
with broad grin on his face. stuck close TO the
Italian, allowing him more than three or four
yards advantage
The time for the first -riIe 5-p7. 2-5 seconds
faster than the first mile OF their in Madison
Square Garden The pair moderated the pace con-
Eideraby after the first nine laps. Dorando main
tanned lead OF two yards throughout the first
two miles
The time Of the second mile was 1871 Long
boats Ieft leg struck the timber on the inside Of
the track. breaking the skin He was bleeding
slightly. but appeared unconcerDed over the mis-
hap He lost a little ground owing 10 the mishap.
but sprfnted and soon caught the italian.
The crowd cheersd LOngbOats burst OF speed
and hts gameness Justify. He led DOrando for a
short distance, but soon dropped back and again
let the Italian take up the pace. The time at the
end OF the fifth mile was Z7:S21s Dorando still
led by a couple Of yards His time for five miles
at Madison Square 2s-2l 10.
DOrando sprinted frequently in the fifth and
sixth miles but LOngboat Enlightened out LIS stride
and never allowed the Italian To get very far away,
Tom Flanagan. IOngboat's trainer. greatly
worried over the Indians injured les. L0ngo0ats
pace never faItered, and he nodded sEniiiusiy 20
his Canadian friends IN the boxes The uns as
the end of the tenth mile was 56s3O 10 The tina
OF their zen miles in the New York race vas
ES57 10
Dorsndc continued 90 sprint in the thirteenth and
fourteenth miles hts leads stretching out al times
10 ten and M Teen yards Flanagan said the injury
10 I.UugEoai'S knee was not Oothertng the Indian
change in his stride. Just show he was all light
Iongouzt spTintCd in the last lap or the fourteeh
mile and finished II with q lead or two yards, De
again waited Tor DOrtr 90 to set the pace. and tna
rIteeuth mile saw tie Italian again IN the Iead
The time al the end OF the fifteenth mile vas
% "a 25, compared with 1902 2-5 in Ihe New YORK
race