The New York herald., 1922-04-20
His Time of ? III. 18 NJ. 10 s.
Beats Best Mark by AZ 3-5
Seconds.
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OyERHAULS PACE MAKERS
Moves in Front in Twenty
third Milc-W. Ritola Fin
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Y ishes Second.


self the best to-day when Clarence
H., de Mar of Melrose raced home a
winner for the second time in the
Boston Athletic Associations annual
American marathon road race.
Not only did he defeat field of the
fastest long distance runners in the
United States and Canada. including
five other winners of this event but
he set new record for the distance
De, Mars time of 2:1s:1o for the 20
miles of rolling roads was forty-seven
and three-fifths seconds better than
the record made by Frank T. Zuna OF
New York (wfo was eighth today
in..winning last year. 1t was three
ana one-half minutes faster than the
time De Mar made as champion in
1911, which was itself record.
Second to De Mar was Willie Ritofa
Of New York, a newcomer to the Amcrl-
can Marathon. but always within the
hrst five to-day. He finished three min
utes and a half behind De Mar. in
hours 81 minutes A 4-5 seconds. The
next three men were /: Albert Smoke of
Peterboro, Ont. the Indian. who is cham
pion of Canada at long distances. time
. hours 81 minutes 40 As seconds: Vic
tor. Macauley of Windsor. n. s., maritime
provincial star, who finished in 2 hours
"a minutes 2 SIS seconds. and Willie
Kyronen OF New York, who moved UP
from seventh last year to fifth to-day, in
2 hours "a minutes 4-5 seconds
Henigans Show the Way.
The brothers Henigan OF this city, al
though neither was able to finish. had a
prominent part In the running of the
race. Tommy led for nearly twenty
miles. racing at breakneck speed. with
little thought OF the limitations of his
frail body. 1t was he who made the
pace that produced the new record until
heo had to drop out at the Woodland
Golf Club in Newton. De Mar had run
TO contend with. as Brother Jimmy
came up.
De Mar and Jimmy II .iigan fought
for the lead FOR a quarter mile, and then
Jimmy held the front for a mile and a
half. Opposite Boston College in New
ton the winner OF 1911 took the lead
which he increased to the finish. Jimmy
ITenigan faded out soon afterwards.
DE Mars positions at several carly
stages OF the race Indicate how he won
Ife Jagged bit at tho start In Ashland
slipped through the scattered field OF
sixty-odd runners In the next four miles
and was eighth at South Framingham,
fourth at Natick, four miles further on,
where Tom Hcnigan, Ritola and Zuna
preceded him, and second at the halfway
mark. with Tom Henigan ahead. II
was over the hills in the Newtons that
Dc Mar made the gains which forced
Tom Henigan back.
ar thought when Jimmy Henigan took
the lead from me that he was too fast
for me-" he remarked afterwa-d. but
when he tired in front OF Boston College
felt pretty confident that I would win"
~ "Fresh as n Daisy
After finishing with a sprint De Mar
said first he was fresh as a. daisy"
then admitted he was "a bit dizzy" from
his effort to speed up on the home
ssretch. But while men who finished
several minutes after him were laid out
lie drank soda pop and ate frankfurters.
rerparking that when won in 1911 We
had beer"
40 llaT tne seCOHu runner III Lie
history OF the American Marathon to
win the event twice. 1t was back in
1ee0-01 that J. j. Caffrey of Hamilton.
Ont, gained his double success, at
tempted almost annually since by pre-
viors winners.
&c Mar last ran In the American Mar
ati4on in 1917. when he finished third.
THEN he went to war and did not start
in "a race again until to-day. He did
not come out of running retirement pre-
ripitately. however. Always man Of
regular habits, he said, he found when
he-returned from France that he could
stifl run pretty we'll" He got a job a 8
compositor recently In Maiden, four
miles from his home. and day arr day
ran to work and back again.
sometimes I'd run part of the way
only other days I'd run both ways and
run a little more at night So you see
4 have hardly been retired" he re-
marked when asked what his training
schedule was. De Mar is "a years old.
Loses Four Pounds ON Trail.
The winner lost four pounds on the
trail lie weighed 1872 pounds when he
started In 1911, when he won the
Marathon. he lost ez pounds, starting
at .52sh pounds.
The names and times of the men
who finished sixth to tenth inclusive
are as follows:
H.M S.
otto Y. Lsakso. Now York...... . g a. s-y
n NJ A {t,A. n-r