Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-06
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lishman was a clear lap ahead. Their
the Indian cut ahead and had a few
yards lead
At the end of the two miles Shrub
shot out again and gained almost hal
done in 10 minutes IS 40 seconds
Shrubs time for the third was 10 min
utes 81 seconds. He was then two clear
laps ahead. Longboat's three miles were
covered in II minutes and I second.
| The Indians handler. Jimmy Deforest
and his manager, Tom Flanagan. sale
| that was the pace they wanted him tt
keep up. They didn't seem to worry
mile at that stage. The fourth mile was
covered by Shrubb in 4 minutes 81 A.
seconds They were close up to each
other then. Longboat in the lead, each
| running easy.
! Shrubb moved out in front again and
toward the end of the fifth mile had
| stolen a few hundred yards more. The
! crowd kept ki-yi-ing at the Indian, but
he followed Jimmy Deforests orders and
stoically Hoped along. though he looked
with an appeal to Jimmy every time he
| turned the 4th avenue corner.
Smashing Records at Fifth.
The fifth mile was covered in - min
| utes 81 seconds after gunfire. Longboat' S
time was % minutes % 1-5 seconds.
Shrubb's time to this point was one min
ute and a half better than that made in
the Hayes-Dorando contest, 33 seconds
better than the Longboat-Dorando time
and A. seconds better than the best Amer
lean amateur athletic time. Shrubb kept
carrying 1t to Longboat, and at the six
miles was three laps ahead. This was
not changed at the seventh. The time
then was 80 minutes 4o 1-5 seconds.
Tom Flanagan said then: I'm satisfied
with my man."
The eighth mile was finished in 45
minutes 81 seconds. with the men in the
same positions, but beginning the ninth
Shrubb again went to the front. The
Indian let him go ahead. He was then
nearly two minutes behind. Shrubb was
going steadily again in the ninth. Long
boat didn't look very clipper then. He
appeared to be laboring a bit and his
Canadian followers, who were a-plenty,
were somewhat blue. At the end of the
ninth Shrubb had gained another lap.
Shrubb was near.y half a mile ahead
at the end Of the tenth mile and running
as smoothly as if he was hinged with
ball bearings. He was smiling as he
passed the press stand in the final lap of
this mile.
The ten miles were covered by Shrubb
In 81 minutes 81 2-5 seconds. This OFFSETS
the Longboat-Dorando time by 1 minute
10 seconds. 1t leads the American anna
teur time by l minute 1S seconds, and
Shrubb was still plugging away, picking
up distance on every lap.
Tom Flanagan Still Satisfied.
I'm satisfied with my man." said Tom
Flanagan.
At the eleventh mile Shrubb had added
another lap. Then Longboat spruced up
bit, but Shrubb wouldn't let him have a
yard. At the twelfth it was expected
that the Indian would show something. as
Shrubb's best work hitherto has been done
at that distance as limit, but the Eng
lishman was waiting with the gait to shut
off all ambitious effort in that line.
In the middle of the fifteenth mile the
Indian again started a little pace and
picked up about fifty yards, to the intense
joy of the aborigines. Back in the cafe
there was delegation of Canadian sports.
who even at that time, with Shrubb about
six and half laps ahead Of their man,
were laying large wads of money on the
Indian and getting as high as to for it.
Longboats squirt was kept time with by
a drum beaten Coney Island Indian style
by some joker from Cosgrove's corner
Shrubbs time was III. 2sm. % Hos for
the fifteen miles. This was / minute 80
and 3-5 seconds better than the time of
the Longboat-Dorando race. and min
utes better than the amateur record.
Shrubb caught up Longboat in the six
teenth and soon held a clear lead of seven
laps, which he heightened to another half
before the close of the seventeenth mile.
Shrubbs smile, which had disappeared,
came back.
I'm satisfied" once more said Tom
Flanagan, but Shrubb was bowling to
friends in the boxes as he sped around
and he appeared to be good for a year
and a day of the jog. 1t was dangerously
near the close for a man to be satisfied
with runner seven laps behind and only
nine miles to go.
Indoor Records Go at 20 Miles.
The even twenty miles found Shrubb in
the lead by nearly nine laps and running
a yard apart, with the Indian in the
lead. The time for this distance was:
Shrubb. hours / minute 25 As seconds.
which was 1 minutes 25 40 seconds better
than the best previous record for an in
door Marathon.
At the twenty and a half mark Shrubb
stopped to adjust one of his shoes. and
Longboat won lap, while the house
yelled in wild excitement, but the moment
Shrubb was fixed up he shot after the
Indian like a deer and soon pulled down
the lead. All who were not present then
missed a scene Of enthusiasm seldom wit
messed in this town.
Tom Flanagan was not so well pleased
with his man toward the end of the twen-
ty-first mile, and he took Longboat's little
Toronto wife out Of the box, where she
sat waving her handkerchief at her hus-
band, and placed her on the track at the
9th street turn on the 4th avenue end.
Longboat took sudden brace and Shrubb
appeared to be somewhat distressed.