The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
LUNGSrROM WINS MARATHON
SW EDISB RUNNER HANGS EP
WORLDS RECORD Ar P0LO
GROUNDS.
Cs, ers - MI:e- and SSS Yards In 1.Ss 'ss
ia and Beats Crowley ny . Ia Laps
Johansoa % sweden o. Thlrsi. Crook
Fourth -laolnaer FOrced e quit.

ia and Beats Crowley by . Ia Laps
Jeha1sOn % sweden u Thlrd. Crock
Fourth ssSlaaer FSrced to quit.
Runn ing IN superb form from start to
finish Gusta LjunRstrom Of sweden won the
Marathon Derby At the Polo Grounds vee
! teriay afternoon by two and half laps
| from Jim Crowley OF Ireland. with Thure
Johanson, another Swede. in third place
| I.unRstrom ran - miles and 9s' ards ~
/ hours - minutes 3 rs seco nds. new
world record Last years Derby was won
nv Henri ~. Yves in 90 50 30. foT e'sh-
tser miles Hans HOlmer showed vastly
, improved form over he's recent indoor per-
| formanCes and not only showed the way
hut also broks the track record held by
Sc Yves and Alfred Shrubb for the entire
distance. But after aecOinp fishing Tins
feat Holmer weakened aud lost the leader
ship to Ljun gstroT Ia the Nineteenth mile.
Holmer was forced to leave the race after
going nineteen and q half miles
Mat MRloney threw up IN. task after
going fourteen miles for he VAS hopsle-slV
Lost Percy Selien Of England stopped
| In the twenty-third mile. when he vas IA
fourth place. and CmbertO Blast. the Italian.
| ooIlapsed after covering nearly hall IN"
distance The performance OF Fred Mead
ows OF Canada Nas q disappO AZ ment Tor
/ he failed to show he's usual speed a. ahy tim"
| anu lu8t m1ueGeA ~ btaN
| out Of q part Of the prize money. Hayes
showed poor form all the way.
| LiunestrOm. who never covered the
I Marathon distance before. Won 80 easily
| tnat I ne biK crowd was sss Uhisissd lie EsF
| never extended Il seemed. and had plenty
l OF speed and stamina In reserve. Vie Na-
never hard pressed and his victory was
| fOregOns conclusion after he took the lead
| from Holmer. Crow lev ran with wonderful
| pluck aud because OF that quality he man
aged TO stall on IohAnson. who beat
him In q recent Marathon race IN the sixty
ninth Regiment ArmOTy. Crook. who m
| ish ed fourth display sd bulldog tenacity
and was nv no means disgraced
when the runners began to appear for
warming up sprints around the -A lap
| track more than I0.O 900 spectators we're "n
hand nth a steady stream Of men and
women pouring out at the L. trains and
Across the runNays into the huge stadium.
II II. Yves, Dorando, ShTubb and other
stars we're IN this race there be = bIgget
1 attendance said many CTutcH, bnt th~
mana gers didn't think so. II Vas perfect
day for the big race, IN TACT rrel oAaa .
weather prevailed IN. track va ,A ls,a on. II
ut the diamond and the Outf-id. and At
Intervals the training camps 81 the various
saxs.'s s,Stv' ninth Regimen, Band ami
q band Of Italian musicians who Nolhnieer~h
their services a. compliment 4" H",'
N was shortly before OclOsk ihHi IN"
announcer. Peter PTuniN. through bts
mesaphOne sAloute,I 10 the crowd
Numbers seven and eleven DO not start"
These numbers had been allotted To Paul
ACoO~e. the Cree Indian, and Fortunate
Ianri. The long legged Italian. Nho DECIDED
thai the task MAS a hopeies- on" len
runners 81 Ne starter. Big I'M SULLIVAN
The ~ eas- Lohan~on anu lIungStr"in,
each ,n tine tttn. Wsr. the favOrits~ Nifh
the betting fraternity Hans holmer a.
tipped uuistly a dangerous factor. while
when he went - IN" scratch FED CrooA
OF Fall River tetCN ~ellen ct EnR and
oI A' tans sSn" Jim nv eISSisy d ri i1-lsSi ana
Imberio Bias OF l4ls mat" ~ the rest
Of H ne ne 70. rae. g. se,,.n wen, TO
The front IA the fret Tap follow I'd b. Ho'mer
They had tweut 1--WE yards over trOwleN
who vas closely tou9ned SH iis ,ys, BIAS 81
the end Of the half miis IL was not heart
bres King pace bv any means, and before
seemed 10 be- "a better form than On -"
Garden races. assumed .amrlssnd ~
crowley nv thiriv ysTt@ a. he passed. ~ 10
marx Sellen vas third. and The "th-r~
strung OUT behind. az COINS ",silv 49,.
crowley. seIlen and Meadows caris .H~N
we're he SSede- ana Si Hsyss. With Cfooi
no, Far sNaS Bias s Snd MSiShey piIg2d diln;
n the end o. three miles Holmcr Who
seemed 70 be favoring his left ieg. bad
crowley second ward before Sellsn HI
time wss 10 o. ~. which was T. seconds
tS',sr ,han t9 S.. lime T made By ~ yS.
ing 40 now and Joined HAYES. Johanson
ami I.iungstrOm. Nho were loo Yards he
hind Crowley. and Sellen Half a mile
further on Holmer Tapped CroOk snd gained
his second lap on Maloney and the weary
Hoir,sr "a. hr.a,tpa .lou.y liz . ma, hipa
when he completed four miles an - ~ -.
lie led crowley and Seilen nv two-ihiri-
time Then he went after The 81 edes and
MsadoNs 2, fss, C.,p and VA. Vas ,hres.
finished FIVE niles in p 10 3-j. In the ne1'
quarter Holmer lspped Meadows. Who
se-gred 90 ~ without ht- usual @sl~sd and
srsS he %' a ape jShansos ma PSS SS
from HIM. LjUnRE'Tom melnN bile began 10
hit up his Pare and "'uer for The NJ ~
footed SNede HolmsT's time for six miles
vas ~ - Is minute SIS seconds faster
the same distance. LIunEstrom vas going
81 fast clip a. this stage ard Holmer
extended TO he limit. could not increase his
down Hoinler advsntas &c slowly bur surely
seven mites ssre finished by HORNE
-. lyes's time Iyung-trom soon over
hauled crowley and selien and Was running
IN fsne form Holmer led this trio AZ seven
yaTd- sslIen began 20 sprln, ana drew
away from crowley and I .IunRstrom a.
this stage A. the end Of eight miles
Hoimsr Iwas timed in 44OS J-5. minute
~ rs seconds ahead Of the record for the
track Sellen Was second. ten yards before
Crowley. With Iiungstrom falling back.
so that noImer Tapped him 81 the end Of the
More than IS 900 persons were now cheer-
ing the runners n they sped around the
green oval and those Who had taken hiers
al 10 20 I on HolIner were iubiiant Nine
miles we're run bv Holmer ~ ~ 90 rs. tn.
time Tor thts distance by So. Yves last year
being Slle. Holmer had tapped Sellen and
was rapidly gaining a lap ON Crowley. which
| vac completed IN the ensuing quarter
The time for ten miles. HOlmer still racing
In front, was s. -. I minute and - seconds
faster than ~ lvea's track record. Grow
ley'a time for the same distance was 80 IS.
With selien's 10 Is RS. ijunx-'rOm. who
was fourth. was tiInsd IN 81 y Homer
ran eleven miles In l-Ol Is. which Wa
minute and % seconds faster than shrubs
track recOrd biungstrOm and Hayes to-
grther then hit up great pace. but HOftner
stuck 90 them, apparently with little eNer-
ton. The pace made iiaycs slow up and
selien took his place. Hut like HAYES the
Englishman could NOT stick with the Swede
and Holmsr, who ss9med TO b. trying 20
race each other into the ground
holmers hgurcs for twelve mules we're
lO7ia Is. minute and - a. seconds better
= 49,