The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09
ST. YVES WINS THE MARATHON Frenchman Is King Of
 Runners. TAXES OPPONENTS OFF FEET Never in Trouble Race During the
 Distance. sns. Painted During the Grueiiins Pace which Wa. set for the En- tire Distance of Twenty
 ak Mues.

New York. May s--St. Yves demon strated that he is the king oi MAra s !, fhon racers this afternoon wien ne f1ss s twelve other long distance "e1n ona Grand International Marathon w wst ease So gruelling was the pace that time after time the opponents oa 'ls ns, French walter were forced " uivR rs the wayside, some fainting anu oeheEs pausing out of sheer exhaustion.
 Ioneboat, Shrubb and Hayes, three men who featured the first Marathon in which St. Yves made his repusas.,vn, p1ass,,ns q were not contestants. acknowleostnt that the Frenchman was someWhas
 st yves finished the race of twenty six miles. 3s5 yards, in 2:a4:Ve. nv second nearly seven minutes behind; Crook being third one minute pehiiu the second man.
 Nine nations were represented In the contest, the best known of the con- testants being those who have com peted in previous Marathon svents-St. Yves. winner of the Marathon Derby a few weeks ago. and Dorando. the ltal, ian. with others. including Ciop. w swaN ane deil Marsh. the Canadian; Appieby, the EnEiishman. and simpson the Cana dlan-Indian. Carvajal represented Gu erald Isle, while Crook. of Fall River, and Morrisey of Yonkers were the American competitors.
 The whole crew went down to the ssis sesnsA aD Ds snd n FD1n Ssf sheaS of March at that distance. March sef the pace in the beginning but St. Yves went after him in the sixth mile and It was merely matter of time unti the Ia- vorife was in the lead.
 Dorando stopped at his camp at the conclusion of the fifteenth mile. He rested three minutes but was forced back to third plase sesapse or the the dlsa haa been running fourth until that time.
 Tn the sixteenth mile Morrissey col- 1apsed and had to be assisted from the track.
 In the fifth lap of his seventeenth mile Dorando gave up and left the track St. Yves time for the eighteen miles was 1:45:21; for nineteen miles.
 ia the fourth lap of his nineteenth mile Appieby suddenly fell over in n nm Tn less than minute. however. he xegained his feet and was once more in
 Dorando was again prevailed upon ko re-enter the contest, but he stiii ran
 Appieby collapsed again in lis twen- Hieth mile. but piuckiiy resumed again. . St. Yves. with the race apparently well in hand. finished the twenty-one miles in 2:o5:2 and the twenty-seconc
 n his fifth lap of the twenty-second mile svanberg tainted. but after being soused with ice water re-entered the race amid a storm of cheers.
 At the twenty-five miles all of the contestants showed signs of exhaustion with the possible exception of Dorondo, who had recovered and was running strong but under tremendous handicap from his many haits.
 St. Yves time for the full distance was 2.4A:O5: Svanberg finished second fn 2:50:54. ! eating Crook for second place by a lap and twenty yards Crook finished third in 2:52:1o, collapsing af- { ter crossing the tape. simpson finished fourth, also falling over at the tape. Appleby who finished fifth ran his last lap with the speed oi d quarter mile, tumbled over at the fin fsh. Dorando duplicated Appieby's per formance. running his lap la terrific speed and finished apparently in the pink of condition.
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