New-York tribune., 1910-02-15
MEADOWS IN FRONT
UIN.S LONG RACE BY. Il
LIP md Il HALF.
L7uHgstrom Runs Second an
Grucliing Ffteen-MHc
Struggle.

Fred Meadows, the graceful runner from
Guelph. Cara6a. won the ffteen-nlie pro
fessioaal race a. Madison Square Garden
las5 night in impressive fashion in the
fsst lime OF .:sl "a Is. The winner de
fea+ed Gustav Ljungstrom, the much
talked OF swede. by lap and a half
Meadows also proved TO the satisfaction
Of practically all present that the hitherto
unheard-of time he made last week at
Toronto was no myth.
Others in the race last night were
Percy Sellen. another Canadian. who nm
ishod third. about a lap behind the Swede;
Jim CrewIey. the cnetiTpe 1rish-American
athlete who turned pro" a few weeks
$40: Paul -Acoose. the Indian: Hans ffoi-
mer snd Charles Muller. the crstwhile
Mohawk Athletic Club amateur Crowley
20: fourth money and Acoose fifth. while
Holl,,er. the disappointment of the race,
finished absolutely last, Muller quit
earlr in the contest
Regular attendants at athletic games re-
allied when the men had travelled few
laps that the pace was unusually fast Tbs
crowd found il out when Peter Prunty an
nounced the time for the first mile as 4:4I-
Furthermore, the other runners about that
tine we're becoming painfully aware ot the
fact
Several intermediate American profes-
sioaal records feli by the waysiGe. Mead
ows began TO clip seconds off the old fig
at four miles, ana continued without
cessation Up TO and including twelve miles
Thereafter he began 10 fall behind the old
marks made by himself. but al the end his
time fer the fun distance showed total
falling of OF only about nine seconds over
his record OF 1:2I:15, made in Toronto few
GAYS ago.
Meadows went off at such a fast pace
that he soon Tapped the others, some of
Them two three times. After that he
Contented himself with falling in behind the
swede- and dcsged the footsteps of his
most formidable rival until the pistol barketi
out for the last lap. Then. just TO show
lie had something in reserve. he sl,rinted
AWAY and won as he pleased. After the
rinish he loped off the track as if strong
enough 10 80 on for another FIVE miles.
The SHode also finished strongly with q
E0e,r sprint, and crowley sent the crowd
Cheering by determined though vain. ef
fort 10 beat Selen for fhrd money.
The crowd came up 10 the expectations
Of tho promoters, although il Was scarcely
equal 10 several Of tho hic Marathon turn
outs There wore probably six thousand
persons on hand. and practically ali the
seats We're occupied The space in the
centre Was forbidden ground except for
fhe officials. so that all had an Wnobstructed
view Of tho race
Seven starters foed the mark. and when
former Sheriff Thomas +. Foley fired the
pistol they jumped off At fast pace. Mea-
COWS took the lead in the first lap. with
Muller. LiunEstroIu. Sellen. TIoIfmer. Grow
Icy and ACoose following in order Almost
Immediately crowley began to drop back
and in Z Gttle more than \ mile he was
laPPed by Meadows. tho last named being
closely followed by Acoose. I.jUngstrom and
Holmer.
So csSil. did Meadows move along that
it seemed impossible that he was travel
ins 81 tho killing pace that proved too
much for The others Liungstrom also
with easy, though much shorter stride.
Jiolmer ran absolutely aat-footed. and
lacked The ease and grace of the TWO first
named Shortly after the second mile,
Muller dropped out, while Acoose and Sell
len continued lose ground.
The failure OF fIolmer 10 keep up with
The others caused general comment among
his admirers, but Al Copeland explained
that no man with such stride could pos
sibly live with the pace An idea of the
speed the part of Meadows was shown
by the e It that his time for four miles.
2c:o9 -, was some % seconds better than
lished by Ljungstrom in Canada little
more than week ago.
n The same Tecord-breaking pace contin-
ued AT the fifth mile post. Meadows cover
ing the distance in 25-4 Is, far ahead Of
the former.mark OF 25:5s by Ljungstrom.
After Meadows gained lap Lung
sjrom and Holmes a. a mile and a quarter
the Canadian contented himself with main
tanning his advantage. The order At five
miles was Meadows. Ljungstrom. Sellen,
Holmes. Acoose and Crowley
When Meadows flashed past the eighth
mile ia the exceptional time of Il AZ 1-5 the
I'D record was beaten by forty seconds
The leader was then a lap ahead OF Lung
sjrem. while the last named leo SelIer by 4
lap Holmes and Crowley were then on
even terms. Crowley had picked up two
laps which he had allowed Holmes TO gain
IN The early stages, and a result Of the
c1ew lease OF life on The part of the Irish
American ex-amateu- his friends shouted
encoura cement
Ljungstroms admirers criticised the
policy OF his handlers in not sending him
out at half the distance IN an endeavor to
regain the lost lap The Swede looked fresh
and strong; in fact, capable OF forcing a
faster pace.
Il had been predicted that Meadows voula
carry the field the first ten mile. in u
minutes; consequently, when 52:541-5 was
announced the crowd gasped This was
J Is seconds better than the previous r,ro
1essional mark and ! minute and % seconds
better than the best amateur fig7rres
Meadows covered Il miles and 40 wards in
lbe even hour.
From that point 10 The end the relative
positions of tie contestants remained IN
changed, save that Sellen drew a little
further away from Crowley ia the struggle
3or third money. and that Holmes fell NAV,
10 absolutely last place. two laps behind
Acoose and nearly q mile behind the win
ner-
II Meadows had rot reeled off the dis