The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-20
RYAN WINS
MARATHON
Record is Broken by Speedy
New Yorker
TIME, z HRS. 2lM. IS l-5S.
Sockalexis Finishes id Second Place
The Second Man Was Thirty
four Seconds Behind
Ryan.
TIME, 2 HRS. 2lM. 10 l-5S.

Boston, April 20.--Mike Ryan, wear
! ing the colors of the Irish American Ath-
| lctic club of New York, won the six
teenth annual Marathon race yester-
| day afternoon from Ashland to Boston,
establishing a new record for the course
OF , hours, q minutes and Is l-5 see
onds. The old record was made last
| year by Clarence H De Mar Of North
| Dorchester A. A. and was 2 hours, 81
minutes and 80 80 seconds. The race
was run in rainstorm from the start
and which continued until the reservoir
was reached The roads were inches
| deep in mud and the runners were be-
| SCATTERED from head to foot. The road
conditions We're about the worst in the
history of the famous race, although
the atmospheric conditions could hard
~ have been better. Ryan's record was
great surprise, as it was not believed
that there would be a chance at the fig
mes on account OF the condition OF
the roads. The runners, however, took
to the sidewalks whenever they were
available and this saved them "A great
deal of effort, especially on the heart
breaking hills. Despite the rain a ire
Iacndous crowd viewed the race all along
the line and solid mass of humanity
lined the course from Coolidge Corner
to the finish line.
Ryan ran we'll Judged race from
start to finish. He did not attempt TO
cut down the leaders in the early part
of the contest. but ran his own race in
according to schedule, timing his pace
carefully in the early stages and then
coming through the field gradually in
the middle part of the distance At
the reservoir he made his first effort to
come to the fore, although he was at
no time out of striking distance from
Gallagher. At the Ashland station Ryan
was in eighth position and running well
within his powers. He dropped back
few positions at South birmingham,
where the going was practically heavy,
but came up into the game again at Ma
tick, where he resumed eighth position,
He maintained the same relative posi-
tion from here to the Newtons and then
set sail for the leaders. At the boule-
ward Ryan was fifth and coming strong,
and from the reservoir he made one of
the grandest fights that has ever been
witnessed in the history OF the Amer
lean Marathon race. 1t was at kes- |
wick and Beacon streets that Ryan /
Jumped past SockaIeXis and took lead |
that he never relinqnished He broke /
tho taps in front Of the 3. A. A. club |
house a winner by good margin and |
in the fastest time in which the race /
has ever been run.
John j. Gallagher OF Yale university
ran one of the pluckiest races in the
whole contest He took the lead at |
Natal ,,,J ,z,acnI l,,+ = ,,,oJ
Which lead he held until the down grade
from the reservoir, where he was I'M
able to maintain the pace and was
passed by Sokalexis and Silva.
Because of his record run Of last
spring followed by his victory in the fall
TO Brockton, De Mar was
given assurances Of place on the Amer
lean Olympic team without going
through yesterdays test.
The Finish and Times.
Mike Ryan, Irish American A. c.,
n. Y; 2.2llS is.
2--Andrew Sockalexis. North Dorches-
ter A. A.; 2.2I.52 3-5.
3-F. j. Madden, North Dorchester
A. A.; 2.23.34.
Thomas H. Lilley, North Dorches-
ter A. A.; 2.23.5O as.
Of Forlson, Minneapolis; 2.25.3s Is.
Harry F. Jensen, Pastime A. c.,
n. Y. G.; 2.25.50.
"A Rosen, Quincy Y. NJ. c. A;
2 2G.07.
S. Edward Fabre, National A. A. A.,
2.26233 AS.
0--William Calvin, Yonkers, n. Y;
2 .26 500.
Harry j. Smith, Pastime A. G.,
Y. Y. c.; 227.46 10.