The sun., 1909-02-06
LONGDOAI WON; SHUUDDQUIl
PLJCkY. BRITON UNABLE TO
FINISH THE MARATHON.
Fell Exhausted In 24th Nile After Lead.
inE From start and Making Records
for the Route--Wild Excitement IN
the Garden--Thc Time. 2:53;lO 2.S.

tne OhTuen-Inc IlIHc' z'SoFO z'e
In a remarkable Marathon race in Madi,
son Square Garden last night Tom Long
boat, the Canadian Indian. defeated ALFRED
Shrubb. the English professional, who
quit Ia the fourth lap Of the twenty-fourtl
mile. For twenty miles Shrubb ooaed all
over winner. but he had set such n fast
pace that he could not stand the gruellinI
strain. At that stage OF the race Shrubl
had a lead OF eight laps, having taken Il
lead at the start and iacreasei II almost
as he pleased.
When he had finished tNenty-one miles
and six laps. however, ShrnOb suddenly
stopped running and walked slowly around
the track. As he did 80 Longboat cut dow n
his lead by two laps before the Briton began
to run again. In the ninth lap Of the mex
milo Shrubb did some more walking and
again repeated tho performance IN tho
twenty third mile. LonGbOnt had reduced
his lead to two laps amid lid enc. Ten
thousand spectators simply lost their heads
and roared unit, Tie sound vas deafening.
Shrubb revived n bit after that and ran
behind longbost. but hc was soon grocgy
a1d was rceling all over the track like n
drunken man. Tho moment Longboat
Rlned the two remaining laps and forged
10 iha from Shri.5h Gu!l and fell exhaust ed
nto tho arms Of his trainers and others at
1.-THE trI..t side
Shr' bb gave wonderful exhibition Of
runnirs for twenty miles ard proved that
he II the greatest man In tho world ut tho
distance. lie broke all IL door records up
70 uhlt point. covering ne twenty miles
ard lie could no, stand i. Shrubb was
eiRht laps ahead "f,er ciEhteen niles, and
four laps at the eLd Of twcHty gnd II hall
~ les shrub stepped to change his
shoes and lost Tap. but l,c r"gained Il in
sh2rl order. he ,cnort. h"%"ler hslpe I
10 bring sho, Its ultimate ' l|1DS". Lon ~
boat ran he mn dista1o" In $500 -. and
received royal ovation when he ntilcd
shrub had no excuses to rn kc. He
boats endurance was too ouch Iur hir,
After he Tenchcd his, dressing room Shlubh
fer aud the, EEglshwan was removed to
his hotel In dose ribing the r'ce later
many experts .said that too mu'h use was
mHde cf Shrubb in the irst tfteen miles
Snd that Il he had been restrained he might
have won II turned ont th'l he had II
severe, severe crSmn u his Lex u, th% snd Of Tx
10 do with his stoprr-. Ihl Marathon
distance is 70 miles and isi yards.
1he Garden O.H'II to lll M ~ earnest
jys' before So'Glort, n" ton ;alrry, here
the fans al dollar heat looked o.. bsiNr
the first vantage roiut ir dcnond. The
reserve seats aud private boxes w"r" all
show inc Up. The centre Of the arena vas
crowded ~ usual with nic1 and boys who
were satisfied 10 ret close 20 the raI l. Arncr'-
can ard British naGs ver" haNk.l Pbont
BY pedlers outside of the Garden, Lut there
we're lew sale. eAcnp; to king. Idward'S
aanab,' aann,iEberS' who Mno iaId thGt ,oth Shrn6b a,d
sent an euthusiaStic delegation Of citizens
who always have regarded The Indian as
they found that ShrGhh sentiment @ " Was Vas
overwhelming they kept their coin in their
pockets and. awaited Developments.
baud of music .mada tEinIs lively for
hpfnTA Ilt. nThliniunrN n
match Ct Ave miles between Mike Spring
and lob tla"en, was put on. Tim Hurst
was the referee. while Al COPELAND was
There were more than '0oo persons
present at ? O'Clock, With n steady stream
of men and women coming in from the
OF police had perry cf WORK keeping ticket
buyers in line. There were indications that
more Than iOHg persons vould see tho
runners decide TIE question Of supremacy.
Hallen aud Spring we're started Oh their
Journey et s;lj O'Clock, hallnn started
out TO make he pace aud led by yard at
the end OF the first lap. Hsllen vas still
leading by the same advantage when he
stiil in front by yard. was tiIHcd for two
miles in 1850 l-S. At the end Of three miles
HaHe,n was nearly threc-uuarters Of a lap
ahead. hts time being lal5, llallen tapped I,
Spring AZ the end OF three miles and eight I
laps and prOCeede led to gain a. eusi!y as
before. He finished four miles N 2l:lo I
Hs Hen won by a lap and half in q 20 is.
regiment Of snapshot artists lined up /
on the track then 20 take pictures Of Shruhb /
and lonrboat. The Garden was crow ded .
at this time with more people coming every ,
monientr II vas 10000 attendance al /
runners appeared. and after they had been .
sna pshotted the crowd had h chance to looK /
them oyer c@rl,tcaliy. @ Big I'm sullivan got
track with Pat Powers to start the race !
with the usual pistol shot.
Ihey we're on at 9.l' cIoCR. ongooat .
shrubb took the lead in the first few Jumps
and vas N front by Two yards at the end
OF the fr,, lap, The Engiishman was
the end OF two laps he began TO draw away.
He was forty yards in front Of Longboat
when three laps were completed the Indian
lap saw increased speed by ,Shrubb. who
was was neaTy hsiI lap ahead and running
ava f{aia ron yohf she reGSsH lGms cried 1o,Obo.
trainers as the Indian passed them with
shrubb half a lap IN front of him at the
end OF the first half mile. The Indian
steady Jog, while Shrubb, with plenty OF
speed. finished the first mile in A,i?, three;
Sss xd wh LAP G ne Eood The crowd
Shrubh. WORKING his arms l;e piston rods,
gradually overhsuled the, Indian and Tapped
Then the Briton eased dH iip am and To ran nions 'iE
behind iongboat for another lap After |,
that Shruhh went TO the front 10 set the
ps CO once moro. but he did not extend him.
self, and the men ran al long lil'e team.
Shrubb had nio"ed a breathing spell
and now began another sprint lie drew
away from the rcdskir with ease. and when
he frished the second rlile hs v as n lap and
a quarter ahead. The Britou's time was
10 minutes 1915 seconds the fastest time
eyer made Ia the Garden for This dis ance
Shruhb gained another Quarier Of n lap in
the next lap, Longbos, travelling At a snail's
pace IN accordance with his trainers in
etructions. The indians time for two
miles was II minutes 3-5 seconds.
Iongboat called for a wet sponge for his
" hen Shrihb was 'ust Two laps in front Of
him. Shruhb was as fresh as daisy
" hen he ended the bird mile. still two laps
10 the good. In IL minutes 80 seconds This ,
was at an average OF sI7 for each mile, and
20 far the Indian seemed 10 he outclassed,
,rinutes 5 seconds They ran together
Tor the next three laps with the Indian show
ng the way. ,
Longboat finally sprinted for the first time
ss Shrubb stumbled and fell, and gained
about fifty yards. hut the Rriton sprinted
after him and in the next half lap the lost
ground was regained. Longboat logged {
ilong easily after that and led shrub by
yard as the latter finished four miles in
y :Ss A.. still holding an advantage OF two
laps.
my previous Marathon in the Garden. I
Lonsboats previous time for the same dia-
ance being ?3I2; For the neat half mile
he tussle was like a team race, Then ,
Shrubb tired OF this sort n; work and forged .
o the front with the old spring. He left
ongboat easily and had increased his lead /.
,mother 'nSt , quarter Of lfp as he Wound up :
tAadily after TINT and the crowd tbaarad