Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-07-15

Stockholm, July 14.--South Africa
which heretofore played modest
part in this Olympic drama, came te
the center of the stage at the moment
of its elimination today, winning the
marathon race, the most important
number on the Olympic program.
This might have been honor enough
4 for small nation, but South Africa
also won second place by secure
lead.
/ The winner of the classical mara
J thon was X. *. Macarthur. tail
! lransvaal policeman, who has never
/ yet been headed in a similar event
/ His compatrot c. w. Gitshaw. came
second into the stadium, several hun
dred yards behind, and the third to
appear was the American Castor Stro-
| bno of the South Paterson Athletic
Club. who put up a braVer fight than
most of the runners, for his feet were
skinned and bleeding, and he was suf-
tering great pain, He never lost his
nerve though, ana made brave at
tempt at feeling happy while he tra-
vcrsed the stadium track a furlong
behind the second man at the end of
the performance.
The times as announced We're:
Arthur, 2:36 Gitshaw, 2:37:52;
Strobino, 2.3S.42 2-b.
The Americans gave a death blow
to the theory that the arnletes of the
United States are better ar contests
which require qulciSnc-s and agility.
than in tests of endurance. While
$4,000 spectators in the stadium
their eyes toward the arch
way from under which the runners
emerged they saw the AmercaEt
ali m "a hrl a. rs nt sfiN ar h.. not
ten men who entered.
The names of this roll Of honor are
Andrew Sockalexis, old
Iown; John j. Gallagher. Yale; JOS
eph hrNleben, Missouri Athletic club;
Richard +. Piggott, North Dorchester
a. A.. and Joseph Foishaw, Missouri
Athletic club.
The American team mum bercd |
Welve and ten finished. The last of
hese was Thomas II. Liliey, Of North |
Dorchester Athletic club who finish
ID eighteenth.
Two Americans fell by the way
'ide--M MichaeI j Ryan, OF the irish
American Athletic club, VINO made
GOOD run for nineteen miles and then
iuccumbed to the heat, and John j.
reynolds, Of the same club. who fell
nut earlier.
Sweden furnished another dozen to
he race and if their strength had
."en equal to their ambition, they
would have had q different tale to
ell They started at great pace.
nut during the first few miles put
Orth all their powers and had moth
~ left when the final test came.
Canada had no reason to be asham-
ID for two Of her representatives,
. J. Duffy and Ralph Forsyth finished
nth and sixteenth respectively. Can
da's great hope, Corkercy, ran with
ryan for several miles and they gave
up together kilhlemainen, the tall \,
'inn was outclassed. lie took the
cad at the beginning but Gitshaw
aught him at five miles and ran at :
lis heels with Macarthur and Il. Lord,
+ Great Britain. for ten miles more,
hen robbed him Of the leadership.
Two miles and a half from the -
oal Macarthur went to the front and n
eld the lead To the end. He had T
ompletcd the circuit on the arena
efore Gitshaw came under the arch +
'ay and he fcll to the ground. ex r
austed. The spectators cheered him T.
Istily and AS he lay painting, Crown q
rince Gustave Adolph came up. took a
i'm by the hand and patted him on /
Ia back. L
A small party of south African en- /
llsiasts had an enormous laurel i
-eath ready in anticipation of vic. b
ry. or which they were confident h
ON the first. They lifted the two f,
hlctcs on their shoulders and slung Fl
e laurel over Macarthur. carrying
e pair across the field. b
1rhc great marathon day was usher =
in with "A blazing sun and a high 81
which meant much suf q
ring for the runners, particular ~ -
o Sc from countries like the unitedI