Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-20
Boston Men Apparently 0utcIasS
Canadians and Indians.
Largest Crowd in History Of Ath-
|etICs in U.S. 0ver 100000.
Madden Kept from Record by Motor
Car--marks Of Leading Ten.

Boston, April 9.-Husbanding we'll
his reserve powers for a speedy fin
ish, Clarence F. De Mar of the North
Dorchester. Mass, Athletic Associa
ton, young but experienced runner,
won the Boston Athletic Associations
18th Marathon race today and estab
lished a new record for the - miles
of rolling road Of . hours, q minutes,
80 80 seconds. The previous record,
, hours, "a minutes "a seconds was
made by Tom Longboat. four years
lago.
f. J. Madden of South Boston was
second, only missing getting inside the
record through an accident. Ed. Fa-
bore Of Montreal was a poor third
Robert j. Fowler of Cambridge a close
fourth and Robert F. Piggott Of Med
ford d good fifth Local followers of
the sport claimed tonight that Boston
athletes had run the Canadians and
Indians off their feet.
AS the weather was ideal. the roads
perfect, the runners in splendid trim
and the sport we'll established it was
not surprising that more than 100000
people, the largest crowd that has ever
attended an athletic event in this
country, lined the course from start
to finish. Two miles from the finish,
Madden, running strongly after De
Mar, was knocked into the gutter by
motor car, spelling his hope of Win
ming, and preventing his sharing in
the record breaking.
De Mar and James ]. Cookery of To-
ronto were the favortes in the field
of 1f3 entries, but the latter collapsed
three miles from the finish.
1t was a particularly 1.-THE group of
athletes that was sent away by the
starter, George V. Brown, Just beyond
Ashland at noon today. Down into
Ashland town hurried the field, we'll
punched, with Alexes Ahlgren of New
York and Stanley W. Root, a young
Philadelphia lawyer making the pace
side by side. The first mile was COW
cred in trifle under five minutes.
In the next four miles to South
traminsham. Ahlgren shook off Root,
but Frank Masterson of NcAv York at
the dreaded railroad track at South
birmingham was within five yards of
the leader, with Madden third, Root
seventh Sheridan twelfth, De Mar
fifteenth and Cookery back in the ruck.
Ahlgren reached Naticl square in A
minutes and 10 seconds, nearly two
minutes behind the record Sheridan
mad gone up to eighth place and De
MAR was running in the 18th position
The record which at Wellesley
drinking fountain is 50 minutes. Il
seconds, seemed safe. for Ahlgren
still 10 yards in the lead over Master
son. did not pass this point until six
minutes after l o'clock. But there
were strong and fleet men behind for
tabore had come up to fourth place,
Cookery was running sixth and De
Mar eighth.
Madden, Fabore, Cookery and De
Mar passed Ahlsren as he topped the
steep hill at Auburndale. 16 miles from
| the start
stamina was now at premium, for
| there We're two more long hills ahead
and three shorter rises. Madden took
;he lead at the foot of the first hill
| with De Mar second. while Fabore
soon went by the exhausted Ahlgren
Inc two Boston runners took turns in
setting the pace, De Mar taking the
| lead at Lake street, the 20 mile point
| ahead of. the record and was never
headed.
| After his accident Madden gamely pick
ed himself out of the gutter and secured
second place
| Ihlrty-siX runners finished inside al
| three hours and 10 We're timed. Then tn,
crowd surged in and the race was over.
The times of the first 10 runners follow
| c. +. De Mar, Dorchester . u 20 %
Il. j. Madden. Boston. 2243l
Ed Fabore, Montreal, 22922
r. J. Fowler, Cambridge, 22931
r. f., Piggott Medford, 1905.
Dan Sheridan, Toronto 23l34
Albert Harrup Fall River. 2.3231.
| William Calvin, Yonkers. 233 TO-
NJ. ]. Ryan, New York. 2.3615
| j. NJ. Lorden. Cambridge 1883
Andrew Sockalexis, Old Town, Me, fin
ished 18th in good condition.