New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-03

wise shekels. by winning the Marathon
Derby at tie Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon in the remarkably fast tine Of
2:ss:0s IS. This broke the record for all
Ms-athons held in this part OF the country.
and lowered last years Polo Grounds time
by more than six minutes
Second 70 Lfungstrom came Jim Crowley.
the bury Irish runner. who never ran a
better race in his life. lie crossed the fin
fish lire less than half mile behind the
leader. The merit % Crowley's perform
Hnce may be better appreciated when it is
taken :nta consideration that he covered
the full route in . 81 :oS. considerably bet
ter than the winning time Of St Yves here
last year.
Thur Johanson. the other Swede. who. in
company with Ljungstrom. represented the
Etertbere stable got third money. less than
Il lap behind Crowley. Johanson's time of
2:5s SIS as was also inside the mark of 4
year ego.
TED Crook. the determined though awl-
ward runner from Fall River, Mass. kept
Flooding along fast enough TO get fourth
prize. HIS time being - "a. Next came
Fred Meadows. Canada's great fifteen
miller. who proved one of the disappoint-
nlents Of the afternoon Meadows man
aged TO corral fifth money. running the dis
lance in :4e 10 Is. Then there was
Johnny Hayes. he of Olympic fame who
also shattered the hopes of his admirers
by finishing last. Just outside the money.
All save two Of the original twelve en-
trants toed the scratch. and those 10 fa,l
by the Wayside were Hans Holmer. the
Canadian, who led for nearly nineteen
miles; Matt Naloney. Of Yonkers; Urnberto
Blast, the latest importation from sunny
Italy, and Percy Selen of England
1t was hard race for Homer 10 lose
after cutting out the pace for three-quarters
OF the way His feet then went TO the bad,
but he could hardly have done better than
play second fiddle 10 the great Ijungstrom.
who appears 20 be Wellnigh invincible at
any distance he makes up his mind to run.
Meadows never ran with an, life or snap
being content TO loaf along from start TO
ilnish, while he at no time gave any indica-
ton Of that rare form he was recently
credited with out on the Coast
Beginning with the third. all the inter
mediate mile Polo Grounds records were
lowered. Holmer proved the star until after
passing the eighteenth mile post and then
Ljunsstrom continued the good work The
rivalry that sprang up between Crowley
and Johanson in the e9th Regiment Mara
thon continues Crowley squared accounts
with the SWede yesterday. but Immediately
after the race Hjertberg. on behalf of johann
son, challenged Crowley to a match race
al the same distance over the Celtic
Park track Sparrow Robertson, Crowley-s
trainer, VIII probably accept
mat interest in Marathons has rot abated
Was shown by the size Of the crowd which
probably numbered fifteen thousand per
sons Timothy D. Sullivan was the starter
and Tim Hurst was the referee
Many well known celebrities Were noticed
IN the grandstand. Abe AtteT, the cham
fion featherweight boxer looking none the
worse FOR his bout with Owen Moran. was
there and placed a bet on EIolmer getting
10 TO 1 for his money.
Rarely ha. Marathone-s plodded over
better course A six-lap track was laid
out. instead Of a four or i've times TO the
mile circuit, for The reason that by so
doing q, beautiful expanse OF turf was
utilized With the exception OF the bare
space around the home plate the track ex-
tended over an even greensward
"A the opinion o. Sparrow Robertson. the
track was faster than any over which run
ners ever travelled il this part of tie
country One ele2ent-tke Nind-aIWavs a
big factor "a out-of-dOors events, was less
formidable than usual yesterday. as it
amounted 10 little more than zephyr.
Two bands kept the crowd in good hurnor
FOR more than two hours before the start.
Crowley was the first 10 appear and the
ex-amateur looked as hard as nails as he
went into the grandstand and sat with
friends for a Few moments. Ljungstrom
ana selen next entered the Enclosure and
the swede and Briton contented themselves
with doing a turn round the track 10 ties:
the going. Ljungstrcm appeared fun OF
ginger.
little later HAYES and Crook cane :n.
closely followed by Biasi. Homer, Mead
ows. MalOney and Johanscn. 1t was then
announced that Acoose, the Indian, aad the
long legged Zanti, OF IIai.-. would nor start.
IL was five minutes after O'Clock when
Big Tins" gun sent the men away on
rheis- long journey Crowley Was Tie ts-st
10 get into his stride. and led as The pack
swUrE round past the E:,andsta.d. Efa--cs.
Rissi. Meadows. Holiler Se,len. Crook, Jo-
hansen. Mailey and Ljengstro.l followed o.
for the. second time Tie leaders time
Almost Immediately Sellen Let out a link
and took the lad lie soon opened up
gap OF theitl i've EafCs, but HOlmer set
sail and az the end u the mile Hans was
al Sellers heels. The leader covered the
mile in BIS IS. Crowley was ;hird then
with the others close u
HOlmer SET a lively pac. and IN the next
mile moved SO VEL Is to get the field we'll
strung OUT ShirtIy after passing The
tUo-Tnile post HolIncr tapped Sfsloney, and
q little later lie got Blast FIoIcler Was
then half lap ahead Of Crowley and Sci
len, while Meadows came next Behind
tie Canadian were LjUngstrom, Hayes ard
sohanson. running ia a bunch
Holmer covered three miles in 1907 IS.
or some seventeen seconds faster than the
time made by ST Yves for the same dis
tance here yesr ago. Crowley continued
second. -hree-quarters of q lap back, close
ly attended by SelleE- Meadows had
dropped back little, but vas stfll third.
a mile further on Holmer Tapped Maloney
for the second time The leaders time
was 1885 is. or q as seconds faster than
s.. Yves's marx.
L5ungstrOm and Johanson, who were
running together. passed Meadows about
this time, and 81 four miles and two laps
IIolner Tapped Hayes. Hans duplicated
the trick "A little further al Meadows's ex-
pense The fast pace was not reiished b.
the others