The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

SEVEN SHARE $4,000 PURSE
Runners Collapse Only to Stumble on
Again With Almost Superhuma an
Effort-Svanberg of Sweden Finishes
Second With Ted Crook, New
England Ozark Horse" Third.

England Ozark Horse" Third.
NEW YORK, May S.-The Grand
international Marathon, distance 26
miles, 3S5 yards, for purse of $10,-
900, was run here today. Of the Is
starters. the first seven to finish snar-
ed in the prizes. $4,000 to first; $4,000
to second; $1,000 to third, etc.
The times for the first seven to fin
ish were as follows:
Winner, Henri st. Yves, France,
time. 2:44:05.
Second, John svanberg, Sweden,
time, 2: so: 54.
Third, Ted Crook, United States,
time, 2:52:10.
Fourth, Fred Simpson, American
Indian, time, 2:54:13
Fifth, Fred Appleby, England, time,
2:56:17
Sixth. Dorando Pietri, Italy, time,
2:5S:19.
Seventh. Edouard Cibot, France
time, 3:03:26.
Attendance, 10000.
which runner after runner collapsed,
only to stumble on again with almost
superhuman effort to the end until
Henri ST Yves, the stocky little
Frenchman who jumped into fame a
month ago today, took the measure of
II competitors in an international
marathon held at the Polo grounds,
and romped home a winner by the
handsome margin of five laps, or five
sixths of a mile.
Svanbere Second.
John Svanberg of Sweden, finished
second after one of The pluckiest up
hill fights ever witnessed on the run
ming track and Ted Crook, an un-
known runner from New England,
staggered over the tape in third place,
thus earning a measure of glory for
America.
The once mighty Dorando finished
sixth, his many halts in tn
OF the race proving too great a handi-
cap for him to overcome at the end.
The fourth and fifth men. Fred Sim
son, the Indian, and Fred Appleby, the
English entry, plodded their patient
way to the end, as did Cibot, the
French six-day runner, who finished
seventh. John D. Marsh, the Canad-
ian entrant, after running second to
st. Yves for 15 miles, gave up IN the
25th mile.
Morrisey ColIapses.
Tom Morrissey of Yonkers, only re-
Gently turned professional, collapsed
utterly in the 18th mile and had to De
carried from the field, but Pat White
and Mat Maloney, running for Ire
land; Louis Orphee, running for
France, and Felix Carvajal, running
for Cuba, plodded on doggedly to the
nd.
st. Yves time, 2:44:O5, was almost
four minutes slower than the mark
set by him in the marathon derby
of a MONTH ago. The pace at which
was much faster than that which
has characterized former events of
the kind, the five miles being nego-
tiated in PISS, and the ten miles in
56:02,
10000 PeouIe Witness.
The race brought to the polo
grounds a crowd of nearly 10000 en-
thusiasts The weather was ideal. At
the crack of the pistol Marsh took
the lead and ST. Yves was edging him
stride by stride, the little Frenchman
pattering on like a steady Shetland
pony, never more than few feet
behind the Canadian
For Is miles the two han virtually
together. Behind these two, distanced
some times by few yards, at others
by several laps, came Svanberg.
In the 18th mile ST. Yves had
"killed his man. and Marsh began TO
fall fall slowly back. First Swan
berg than Appleby passed him. For
a while the plucky Canadian fought
against Doranda, assing him, but the
Italian would not be denied ana
rushed up with fine burst OF speed
This theatrical sprint of the Italian
runner was not followed up, however,
and he stopped when opposite MS
partners. After a three minutes rest
he was again in the race. but twice
again in the 18th and and 18th miles
he retired from the contest. FROM
the goth mile to the tud ne ran IN
splendid form, however, and gained
lap after lap on some 81 his COM
petitors, not excepting st. Yves. His
many stops though. doomed to fall-
ure his efforts to make up his iost
ground
Shows Signs Of Distress.
AS the race wore on the runners
began to show signs of distress. FIRST
Morrissey. then Appleby. tnen Swan
berg tonnled over on the grass W
terly spent. All three struggled to
their feet again and continued brave
", but for Morrissey the strain had
been too much and he had to leave