Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
FRENCHMAN WINS
GREAT MARATHON.
HENRY ST. YVES is VICTOR IN
INTERNATIONAL RACE
RECEIVES $4,000 FOR ouTRuNNINc
COMPETITORS
Dorando, the italian, Finishes Second
and Johnny Hayes Gets
$500 by Coming In
Third
rBy Associated Press. ]


Yves of France won the international
Marathon derby for professionals at
the National league ba ball park to-
day. Dorando Pietri of Italy was Sec
ond, John ]. Hayes of New York third,
and Matthew Maloney of Yonkers, N.
Y, fourth. Tom Longboat, the Cana
dian Indian, quit the track In the 10th
mile, and Alfred Shrubb of England
gave up in the 25th mile. Both were
completely exhausted In trying to keep
the terrific pace set by the Frenchinan.
Shrubb made game struggle from
the goth to the 25th mile, but the pace
was too fast and the distance too far
for him.
st. Yves, the almost unknown, COW
cred the Marathon distance OF rs miles,
1856 yards, in hours, 40 minutes. 30 3-5
seconds, a remarkable performance UNI
der the conditions, and finished with a
fast sprint in good condition. Doran-
do was minutes, AZ 3-5 seconds behind
the Frenchman, while Hayes followed
the italian across the finish line 3
minutes and SO seconds later. No time
was taken on Maloney, the fourth man.
st. Yves took $4,000 of the prize; Do
rando, $500; Hayes, $500 and Maloney
$1,000. Shrubb and Longboat go unre"
warded for their brave efforts.
Runners Are Best In World
These are the net results Of the
greatest Marathon ever run In Amer
lea, and except in point of numbers of
contestants, the greatest ever run any
where. Six Of the best distance rum
ners in the world competing for small
fortune In prizes brought out a crowd
that packed the newly arranged stands
of the Polo grounds to the point OF
standing room. The day was not
pleasant for an outdoor function, but
the $4,000 spectators put UP umbrellas
for protection against the showers that
fell during the first hour OF the race.
When the six runners came upon the
field at 3 o'clock the showers had
softened the course. When the men
were sent away with a pistol shot Do
rando at once leaped into the lead,
closely followed by st. Yves. Shrubb
and Longboat. Maloney and Hayes fell
behind several yards and took up al
steady trot In this order they ran for
FIVE laps, Hayes dropping behind. Then
st. Yves passed Dorando and began TO
sprint. He gained sixty yards and
finished the first mile In OLA. Many
Frenchmen were present, and the band
stirred their enthusiasm with the Mar
sellaise."
Laugh at Frenchman
The short choppy strides of the
Frenchman did not impress the crowd
and there were cries of "Oh, he'll come
back all right" but the dark horse"
went along at furious pace, and on
the second lap of the second mile he
caught UP with Hayes and thus gained
the first lap on the American.
Shrubb increased his pace in the Sec
ond mile, opening a few yards between
himself and Dorando. The Italian
sprinted and overlook him, however.
and the Engllshman fell back intothird
place. Longboat was pegging along
easily behind Shrubb. while Maloney
ran at an even pace half a lap in the
rear Hayes was losing ground. st.
Yves covered the two miles in 1914. !.
There was little change in the third
mile. Shrubb seemed to be trying to
worry Dorando by sprinting for few
yards, then falling back behind the
italian, or running at his elbow and
talking to him. He played waiting
game and most of the crowd picked
him to win.
st. Yves gained another lap on Hayes
in the fourth mile. but the little Amer
lean only smiled and plugged away at
the same even pace.
shrubb Makes Sprint
In the fifth mile there was touch
of excitement which the crowd had
waited for Shrubb. unable to stand
the sight OF the flying Frenchman so
far ahead, set out to catch him. He
passed Dorando and soon cut st. Yves
lead to fifty yards, finally coming on
even terms with him in the sixth mile
St Yves looked uneasy and sprinted
desperately, soon leaving Shrubb far
behind. Shrubb laughed and allowed
him to go. dropping back with Do
rando and Longboat. The italian then
started out to catch the Frenchman,
cutting his. lead to 35 yards at the end
of the sixth mile, the time for which
was 1851 1-5. Longboat seemed to have
difficulty holding the pace in the sew
enth mile, which showed relatively no
change
Hayes was tapped again by the lead
ers, and although the band played "The
star Spangled Banner the Olympic
winner refused to be enthused to the
point of increasing his pace.
The ninth mile brought Longboat to
the front of the pack that followed st.
Yves. He had drawn up to within SO
yards of st. Yves in the tenth mile,
when Shrubb started a sprint that
soon brought him on even terms with
the Frenchman. He passed st. Yves
and finished the ten miles in 57:16 1-5.
The French and English runners con-
tinued to gain on the others. AS they
circled the course time and again ST.
Yves almost touched Shrubs elbow,
SO close were they running.
Hayes Wakes Up
The 14th mile saw some pretty jock
eying, Hayes was full mile behind
the leaders at the beginning of the
18th, but was showing signs of waking
up. Shrubb took nourishment and
slowed UP bit while st. Yves kept
on. Dorando gained some of his lost
ground in the 10th mile and passed
Hayes again. Longboat here showed
signs OF WEAKNESS and was losing
ground In the 18th mile, st. Yves
carried Shrubb along at furious pace.
while Longboat suddenly stopped in
front of his trainers, and was rubbed
vigorously by his trainer After three
or four minutes he resumed, but he
was plainly leg weary.
in the 18th mile. which brought him
half lap ahead of Shrubb In less
than mile. This was the first indi-
cation of Shrubb's weakening and he
appeared to be using his utmost
strength to prevent the Frenchman
gaining a lap. Longboat, about, this
time dropped out of the race, thorough
ly spent.
St Yves gained the coveted distance
on Shrubb in the Goth mile and there
was a great roar from the crowd, while
the band again honored the leader by
playing the French national anthem.
St. Yves time for the twenty miles
was / hour, 81 minutes, "a AS seconds,
more than two minutes ahead of the
Marathon record for the distance.
Hayes was running strongly In the
21st mile, and was cutting down rap
idly his distance previously lost, while
Shrubb had slowed almost to a walk.
Shrubb sat down for three minutes Ia