New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
TeWanima Leads Regiment OF
Runners Down Broadway.
THOUSANDS LINE STREETS
Many Citizens Protest at Use Of
Public Thoroughfares for
Such q Fixture.

captured the team prize ne in"'"" .
sime for the distance. which was roughly
estimated as twelve mics. was l hour
minutes and is seconds. Tho run was ar
ranged and the prizes offered by Inc
Evening Mail
During the hour ina; inc doughty httie
Indian runner was ploughing his way
through the trafic Of the city streets there
were scattered over the twclve-mle course
nearly twelve hundred scautily clad youths
striving for the prizes. II WAS a surprise
10 more than one Of the pedestrians. Bless
my SOM. what is IL all about?" cried one
old woman from ont of town as she crossed
Fifth avenue at saith street. The stream
of youths all running as il life itself de
pended upon il proved more than she could
fathom. BE gobs. they're training FOR
messenger boys" volunteered Soo'
natured Irishmsn THE byes who beat the
suovav expresses from The Bronx O.
the CITY Hail by deliverin' a message t.
Navor Gavnor get Job a Monda MOI
in"
There was more than one mYsuhed PC
son In The city and not few who roundlf
criticised athletes for making running paths
Of the city streets Tie reasons were due
and 42d streets There the crosstown lines
are feeders to the suburban envirOns OF the
METROPOLIS. with accustomed haot the
commuters made their calculations 10 eaten
trains with only seconds Of leeway. The
Marathon was not down on the time table
Consequently when the police held up cars
until the blockade extended far east and
west there was a howl that will give the
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ponder over for while 10 come.
One thing is certain-never before have
the streets Of the city been filled with what
amounted to a regiment of athletes who
stopped traffic while participating in the
contest. OF the number that started at
Jerome avenue ana Fordham Road. in The
Bronx. only $50 crossed the line at the fin
'sh IN the City Hall Plaza. Those who fell
hv the wayside found resting places ON the
benches Of Mount Morris Park. Central
Park. Madison. Union and Washington
squares I'm fact. hardly block Of the
city along the route hut held tired youth,
sans shoes. nursing bruised feet, and with
only little more clothing than a Zulu or
Sandwich Islander.
The pucky Indian. Tewanima. made me
running most Of the distance lie breeled
IN advance Of Frank Masterson, Of the
Mohawk Athletic club Harry Smith, the
cartaip Of the Pastime Athletic club, I'm
jshed third about fifteen yards behind Mas
,erson. George Stribmo. Of the South Pat
erson Athletic club was a close fourth.
with Mitchell Arquette, another of the car
Isle Indians. fifth. NJ d. Huysman was
the first of the Irish-Americans TO cross
,sf.-+l,
runners began TO come thick and fast
keeping a crowd of checkers busily en-
gagged in keeping the tally sheets.
As the runners crossed the line at the
CITY Hall Plaza the band Of the Catholic
Protectory doomed forth martial airs, while
officials Of the Amateur Athletic Union sur
rounding James T. sullivan. president Of
the Metropolitan Association. kept watch
and ward on the silver cups along with
couple Of hundred policemen. In the group
about the table on which the cups reposed
were :. r. Guggenheim, Depu,y Police
Commissioner Driscoll. General George W.
Wirgate Of the Public Schools Athletic
League: johnny" O'Brien. Barlow 5.
Weeks. of the New York Athletic club;
pat" Conway. Of the Irish-American Ath-
.letic Club: in fact. the collection of officials
was a who's Who in athletics.
The rivalry AZ TO getting the runners
across the line first resulted in ;he IRISH
American rather easily scoring with their
leading I'VE in sixth. ninth. fifteenth. sew
enteenth and nineteenth positions FOR
tally Of Go points The Pastime Athletic
club was second. with tally Of 20 Joints,
and the Mohawk Athletic Club third. with
20 points.
The field that faced Park Commissioner
Slower. who pulled the pistol trigger at the
start. was most imposing one. Led by a
squad Of bicycle police the runners set sail
across Central Bridge and down Seventh
avenue. Ii was easy going at this stage
of the tourney. A score OF competitors
took turns al leadins, Frank Masterson.
Arquette and Tewanima. the Indians +.
4. Nelson and Z. G. Stalley. Of Philadel-
phia. at times showed in front.
II was as the throng turned into Fifth
avenue at 10Th street that the struggling
began. The pace had become grueling at
This point 10 the unaccustomed and the cool
retreats Of Central Park seemed most in
wiling Rest within the syivaIf glades. clad
something like unto the mythical faun.
seemed only proper 1t was 50 that numcr-
Gus nurse maids were scandalized as they
aired their charges in the park. for a num-
Der Of the tired youths sprawled on the
iurf 10 rest
Those who had assembled early for the
sunragette parade ON Fifth avenue got
TWO shows. The runners easily provided
= nomadlc setting for the advancement
and emancipation Of woman that was 10
follow. Luckily the runners got through
their part Of the show. with Tewanima
leading al I'D street, followed by his team
mate Arquette, and trailcd by MastersOn
and Smith.
That was about The order as the leaders
POUNDED into Washington Square. on into
Broadway and made the pace along to The
CITY Hall. Then il was that the hard
rounding upon pavemcnts began to tell
on the feet and ankles of the competitors
The trail down Broadway proved a hard
one Il was during this portion Of the run
HAT the positions Of the leaders changed.
All but Tewanma. lie shot forward with
ever increasing speed. The others chal-
jcnged Arquette, so that he fell behind
Nasterson and Smith. That was the order
The pacemakers kept 10 the finish.
IL was a rousing reception that they re-
ceived. for grouped around the city Hall
were five thousand spectators and friends
Of the athletes. There were hundreds there
with suit cases and bags containing the
clothing Of the boys who had competed
They lined each side Of the path in front
Of the building, but there was many a
weary runner who failed altogether TO
catch up with his suit and proper
garments because the custodians Of the