Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-03-20 | Page 7 | Utah Champion Wins Marathon Roller Race

Utah Champion Champi n Wins Marathon Roller Race I I Willie Ie S Schatz hatz the tho diminutive Utah champion roller skater won tho the Marathon Marc Mara thon then race at the Auditorium rink last night i by 53 winning over some of the most prominent and tind bp best beat t long distance atI at- at I I ers s o of the lie w west st st. Jimmy Reynolds s the I I Butte In and winner of tho i I Marathon there finished second and andI 1 Hard Bard third A field of about tent twenty skaters started I ofT off at a 3 fast ast clip man many o of the tho skaters especially the local hO boys setting out a aI apace paco pace t soon proved pro tho the undoing of ot a I majority of or th the tho racers t t tho the enI of live five I miles th the i field had dwindled down to ta nv five mess men Ante Bell th the crack I Iv Ls s 5 Angeles Angelee 8 I skater was as tho the first of or the out outside cr cracks ks I to tall fall by the wA wayside but held on until h he had hall n lapped hipped three c time Just then Rickard the tue Minneapolis flyer was wa I seen to put his hili hand to his side slacken his pace nn an quit quilt lb Ho explained after the race that he hI hail hu recently recent recovered reCo from a n bad case caNe o of pleurisy and that It caught him In tn the side fide and he hI had II to quit up to this time I he was going oln easil- easil and many picked d dI I him as the winner This Thill left lett four our m mon men n In Inthe Inthe inthe the race with Reynolds con considered the I dangerous man J Fifteen n miles and field dropped out living Schatz chatz Reynolds Hey Boy anti ana Hard Hardy tl to n tight fight ht It out to the fin fin fin- ish lush Hardy and nd Schatz chatz worked together beautifully and at tf n laps to go so Schatz start started C for Or th the final sprint home Rome He opened up a gap Jap with n hard hardI I after him but the local man finished InI in I front b by a good g half haIr lap R Reynolds won second and Hardy dv HAld third The time for the tho race was 38 given ghen out officially all a as aR 1 hour and 28 minute the last mile being done in 1 1 Reynolds flay Rey congratulated Schatz after the race and said eald he wa WR was one of or the speediest youngsters he ever er saw taw