Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-13
SALEM RUNNERS WIN
BIG RELAY RACE BY MILE
Lafl1y. Of Local Y. M. O. A., Takes Lead
From Start and Increased 1t as
He Closes Up Gap.
PORTLAND RUNNERS EAT
DUST FAR IN THE REAR
Automobiles Follow Men As They Trav-
ell Over the Hills Toward the
Rose eity--Time Good.

By a'hnexing lead in the early laps
of the Salem-fortland relay race, the
team representing the Salem Y. NJ. c..
A. won hard earned victory today
after over five and one half hours Of
grning marathon over the hills and
dusty roads between this city and Port
land. The race was slower this year
than last on account of the hot weather
and before the runners left Oregon Jity
it was evident that it would be i'm
possible to break any record for the
course. The Portland management took
no official time of their runners and the
auto containing the stop watches was
in the lead with the Saiem runners and
as result no time for the Portland
runners by laps is available.
The following is the time of the
Salem men and the distances:
Lafky, 81 miles; time "a.
Paine, Sc miles; time 1928.
Higgins, 5 miles; time 30;30.
Jim, Sc miles; time 1855
Spence, 5.S miles; time 3402.
j. Minton, 81 miles; time 33:43.
Simeral, so mics; time 37.45.
Dutton, Az miles.
Tallnan, A miles.
A. Minton, 40 miles.
Crowds lined the course at the end
of each relay and at Chemawa truck
load of boys took up the race to cheer
on their champion long distance man
Kiutus jim.
The race started from the Y. NJ. c.
A. at 1876 this morning, and the run
ners, Iafky, of Salem, and Grier, of
Portland, led off down Commercial
street TO State, then following State tt
Cottage and down Cottage to Pacific
highway, which they struck near the
fairgrounds. Lafky took slight leat
down State street, which he increased
as the race progressed, until at the
end of his lap near Chemawa he hat
a lead of over half mile, Lafky RAJ
this lap in 81 minutes and finished
with quarter mile sprint, while Grier
the Portland man, was nearly exhausted
at the finish and staggered in to give
his message to Moss, who took up Ia,
race with Salem out of sight in tn,
dust down the road
Portland Is Bemnd.
Paine ran second and finished hi
lap at the Harrison Jones place l.:
miles from the start in 80 minutes anC
25 seconds Moss, who is reported t.
be one of Portland g strongest runners
finished three minutes behind Paine
having maintained about the sam
speed as Paine over this cousre. Pain,
is the University of Oregon two-mile
and has not been training over tn
longer distance, though he was in eX
cellent physical condition. He finishe'
his lap with strong sprint and touch
ed Huggns, also a former U. of o. dis
tance man, who took up the race witt
the half-mile lead over Payton, VIII
ran third for Portland.
Higgins ran his lap of an even fiv
miles in much better shape than Pay
ton. Bota Huggins and Payne used
long loose stride that was speedy on
over level roads, but had to be short
ened down to climb hills, while all o
the Portland men used a short chopp
stride that ate up the distance owe
hilly ground but was not so fast owe
smooth roads. Higgins was followe
by Kiutus Jim, the Indian runner, wh
started his lap at fast clip, which h
maintained for the first mile, outdi
tancing his opponent. The second tw
miles Jim cut down his speed somewha
and the last two miles the long-winde
redskin put all of his remainin
strength into an effort to give the ne1
man, Spence, the longest possible lea,
Spence Runs Longest.
Spence ran the longest lap in til
race, 5.S miles, against Gunther fC
Portland Joe Minton, Simeral an
Dutton were opposed by Gunther, Elem
ing and Mcdonald, respectively.
was evident by this time, however, tina
nothing short of an accident would loi
the race for Salem. The long lead wa
being maintained, and despite tne BET
efforts of the Portland runners the
were unable to head the long -winde
Salemites.
Talllnan ran the short lap of 4 mile
over the hills. Tallman is the best hill
climber on the Salem squad, and thoug
he ran but four miles he said It appea