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Show Hatch Runs Fifteen Hours; Stops Only Sixteen Minutes SID KEY HATCH. M ' i ' 3 If :'kr S if i k i M I It lU f i gi-i It 15 S :: v 14 1 . v t ; CHICAGO, Oct. 18. A heaping dish of ice cream and some lemonade vas all that Sidney Hatch of Chicago, a veteran vet-eran a rnateur marathon runner, wanted after he finished his record-breaking ninety-five mile run from Milwaukee to Chicago today. Then, after a brisk rub down, he went to bed for a twenty-four hour sleep. Officials of the Amateur Athletic union declared that Hatch's performance probably prob-ably was the most remarkable in history. his-tory. He covered the distance, 95.7 miles, in 14 hours, 50 minutes and 30 seconds, beating the former record by 4 hours and 7 minutes. Hatch ran every step of the way, making mak-ing only three stops for a total loss of 16 minutes, and finished strong, although ten pounds lighter. He averaged a mile every eight and a half minutes. Alex Monteverde of Johnstown, K. T., who started as Hatch's pacemaker, was forced to drop out before three-fourths of the distance had been covered. Hatch is 33 years old and has competed com-peted as an amateur for seventeen years. He has rared in more than forty-five marathon events and a hundred or more shorter distance races. |