Show ENGLISHMAN GOES DOWN TO INDAN INDIAN Collapses in Marathon and Leaves Longboat to Finish Alone Aone Madison Square Garden N Y Feb o 5 5 Maintaining an even een swinging stride that rarely varied varie throughout the race Tom Longboat Longboat the Canadian Onondaga Indian India wrested the laurels of an Indoor Indor Marathon race tonight at n Square garden grden when victory Ictor seemed almost almot within the hc grasp of the plucky pluck seme Englishman from Al id Alfred Alfred fred who collapsed In thee mile mie leaving leving the Indian to 10 finish I alone the long race of 26 6 miles mies and 3 yards rS I Longboats time for the race was wa 2 hours houis hot 53 1 minutes minutEs and 40 25 5 seconds which 4 I earl eight minutes behind the record made by Dorando the Italian in fl his lis race racel l 1 a v d tiM 4 t ti se seI r I l r TOM LONGBOAT The winner with Johnny Hayes Hajos the Ol Olympic tiara Mara Marathon Iara thon than winner last lat fall tan The Te Indian fin finished fn finished In m fine lne fettle fette and was in no wise wile stressed The vast ast garden was thronged with ex excited excite excited cited thousands gren who cheered the th two t con contestants contestant cite as was predicted by his followers went ent out ot in front frt at the gun cun fun tire fire fre and with a pace pac that was remarkable Delay at Start There was some delay deay in getting the therace therace race rac started but at p m the th runners runner were wre lined lne up and a minute were sent away aY Sh b immediately flashed in tn the lead and assuming a I fast pace pc gradually increased the distance between himself and the Indian runner Imin tactics soon s became bel plain He lie Ms Ns pace after going a I lap or orso orso orSo p so and though Longboat ran rn with easy ea strides It I was WIS evident thae thac th the pace was ws too stiff sua for him hint When finished the th third lap tle the tte Indian was a I third thir of a ala la him and from there ther to the end of the first mile mUe which finished Ir Ii 4 I minutes minute and H seconds sens the Indian slowly but surely fell fel behind behin Longboat Falls Fals Behind At the end of th the mile mil mil Longboat was of or a I lap lp behind bind and O at th tl the of the next or eleventh lap the In Indian Indian Indian dian just trailed trie after tn the At the end of the second mie mile was wa leading e by nearly Ie a lap hap lp and an a half hal The Te time for th the two miles was 1918 1018 l I bs almost perfect action In run running rn ning nine brought hr ht him th the admiration of the crowd i wd pi r sn l frequently b in cheers be and shouts hout of encouragement Longboat t with It his usual lope however hud had hd a a of friends who did not seem sem to lose lse confidence dence derce as the Englishman drew drw Into a comfortable lead le can cn never neve stand that tat gait to t the th end shouted one oie of the Indians ad admirers and it it trul as s if It must mus be so s especially lair r b finished the ther theIL r IL t fr 1 Ii r I t I t ti gi I q L c AL B Who quit in race fivemile dl n c in 51 not go so very er er far from Irons the time it I tae to cover coer the fits dis distance di tance when trained men are running at their best bait bL was s two and aJ a R half hl laps ahead at this time It was noted here hert that while I note had gained Ine two tw 1 larie in the f three thre mites miles h he had hd added ade only an additional half hal lap in tn the th next two miles mies Uses Sprinting S plan It I appeared was wae to t run runa a feet fast oft mile or two during which be he h made decided gains ins and then he would woul steady stead down deded to a trot irot lr n apparently ten to t r re reserve erv his ht I wind and strength Ills IUs sprints always ah s created an an uproar in th th the crowd Iro the th Crae 51 cheering him frantically The gained gaine and aIWa anda af a half laps in the Ul second five miles mies and hal lp was five laps or half ht a mile mie ahead when wh ws the ten miles mie lap were finished The T time for forthe forte forthe the tenmile mark mrk was 35 temie w i te Longboats time for the te ten miles m In his Ms race with Dorando was vas i 1 14 nearly a v G minute and an a half behind time tonight Maintaining his hie fast pace in increased increased creased his hla hl lead led hl to six 5 laps tc at the twelfth not to be wor woi worried mil mile but lh th the Indian ws b wo ried ned out of his hl lo bag g swinging strides stride un until til t Li near ner the t fifteen n swag mile mil when w he be h shook so himself and picked up about abt ft fifty yards yrs continued to open o th to distance between himself and the pursuing In lag ing Indian and th tM the fifteenth fife th mile mark mrk found the Englishman nix Mx lix and a hll f laps ahead tb time for lor the fit fifteenth ff ae mile mie was wa 1 45 45 running was a revelation to tin the spectators who continually cheered the flying Englishman as he Ie moved move aroun the track with a mach Ike motion moton that tat carried him steadily forward tor secured seCre aa an i additional lap mak ing seven laps lais in all al at the seventeenth mile mie During the running of the nineteenth mile and also the tao twentieth 1 the mie lap between himself himsel and the In Indian Indian Indian dianThe dian dianThe dianThe The time for the twentieth mile mUe mark markwas markwas markwas was In the tulle mile mie sudden suddenly ly stopped to change his shoes During his brief stopp absence from tom the te track Longboat gained one of Ifs lis lost laps but coming gaine on the course cou e again agin started out at a lively Iv clip with the evident intention of regaining the lost lot lap Tom Flannagan the Indians old man manager manager manager ager brought Longboats wife out on the track to encourage her be husband Pandemonium broke lose in to the gardes during the mile mie when came down don to a walk for a few yards It was apparent that he was In some distress dl I but apprent he was soon son off of o again agin with tom a swinging stride but with slower pace Cheered on by his hl bride and the th shouts friends Longboat increased his of his frends and soon began to cut down dow rapidly pace the lead of the now English Longboat Begins to Gain The end of or the mile mie found Longboat only four laps who frequently broke his pave pace and walked walk to rest himself The Indian Jc In the fr himsel half of the mile mie brought forth hal a hurricane of applause applause by regain regaining rin regaining ing another lap on his rival was w wIn in evident distress and it was ws only game gune ge effort on his part that kept him struggling on Longboat gained another lap at the end of the mile mie and was now setting Getting Thousands the pace of or spectators yelled an anI nl l cheered the Indian as he slowly moved moed up I abreast ast of th the Englishman who win was w now i scant as the pair moved but pir a mile on the second lap of the Longboat ran without any seeming dis distress distress fell back to a walk tress treis Longboat quickly fel took tok th th the lead led The collapsed on the track lear leav leaving lev levin to finish the therace therace therace Longboat log ing in the triumphant t alone a winner race to the Marathon the the fivemile Previous Pevious Robert Hallen Hanen of or orNe race ra between math New Ne York and Mike Spring of or Brooklyn handicap In ITt hl Spring was allowed a 1 often of ten seconds was wa won by b Hauen by byone byone one and laps Time 31 1 |