The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-25
SHRUBb IS GREAT
MIDDLE RUNNER
Easily Defeats st. Yves in Fif-
teen-Mile Match Race, by
Two Laps.
FRENCHMAN 0UTRUN
FROM CRACK OF PISTOL.
Englishman Proves Himself the
Greatest Sprinter in
the World.

NEW YORK, April 24-Alfref
Shrubb Of Persham, England, once mora
proved himself the greatest middle-dis.
tance runner in the business by defeat
ing Henri St, Yves OF France at tho
American league grounds tonight. At
no time was the result in doubt When
elght miles had been covered Shrubb
had lead Of two laps and this seemed
to content him, for he ran the rest of
tho race at st. Yves side. During the
last two miles of the race st. Yves
mado frantic efforts TO ovcrtakc his
rival, but to no avail.
Shrubb s time for the race, hour. 26
minutes and 10 seconds, was over four
minutes behind the professional record
and nearly six minutes behind tho
amateur mark. This slow time was due
to the fact that the Frenchmau could
not make him do his best during the
last half of the race.
Shrubb started with his usual grace
tul stride, while st. Yves went off at
the short patter which served him so
well III the Marathon derby.
In the first lap Shrubb opened up
lead of about twenty yards and in
creased this gradually as the race pro
gressed,
In the fourth lap st. Yves showed
more speed, but Shrubb increased his
pace SO that at the end of tho sixth
lap or the finish of the first mile he
was D quarter Of a lap in front Tho
time for the mile was 4:5i.
As the race progressed Shrubb per
ceptihly widened the gap between him
self and his rival. The second mile, fin
ished in l0:l4. found him nearly half
lap in the lead.
shrubb Gains Lap.
shrubb finished the third mile in
1882, the fourth in 20:56 and the
fifth in 26:25. He gained full lap
near the end of the fourth mile and
then for time the men ran shoulder
TO shoulder, but the Briton quickcned
his pace and again began to draw away
from st. Yves. The Englishman fin
ished the sixth mile in sc. He was
then a lap aud a half to the good.
Shrubb finished the eighth milo i'll
1919, still running beside his opponent.
mcnt. Shrubb finished the nino miles
in 1929. Still running at St. Yves
side, Shrubb finished the ten miles IN
55.39. Despite this excellent perform
aGce, the crowd cried TO him 10 come on
faster and win the watch offered Cor
lowering the lo-mlle record. Shrubb,
content to hold his established lead of
two laps, ran beside the Frenchman
during the next three miles. His time
for eleven miles was l hour. l minute
and j seconds; for twelve miles,
10s:03, and for thirteen miles, 1.l4:15-
St Yves again sprinted during the
fourteenth mile, with tho forlorn hopo
apparently of testing his competitor.
For brief time he drew away and
had a lead of twenty yards. but Shrubb
soon caught him. Shrubb finished the
fourteenth mile in 1,20:l7.
Further sprinting in the last mile by
the Frcnchman reduced Shrubb's S lead
to one and half laps, but when the
gun was fired for the LAST lap Shrubb
showed that he had plenty in reserve
by regaining half of his loss. He fin
ished the race in 1862, with n lead Of
one and three-quarter laps, ST. Yves
time was the fifteen miles was 121 :5S.