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Show Shrubb coming on the course again, started out at a lively clip with the evident intention of regaining the lost I 'aP- - - I Tom Flanagan the Indian's old manager, man-ager, brought Longboat's wife out on the track to encourage her husband. Pandemonium broke loose in the i Garden during the 22nd mile, when Shrubb came down to a walk for a few yards. It was apparent that he was In some distress, but he soon was off again with au swinging stride, though with a slower pace. Cheered on by his bride and the shouts of his friends, Longboat increased in-creased hlb pace and soon began to cut down rapidly the lead of the now fast tiring Englishman. The end of the 23rd mile found Longboat Long-boat only four laps behind Shrubb. who frequently broke his pace and walked to rest himself. The Indian In the first half of the 24th mile brought forth a hurricane of applause by regaining re-gaining another lap on his rival Shrubb was in evident distress and It was only a game effort on his part that kept him struggling on. Longbaot regained another lap at the end of the 24th mile and was now setting the pace. Thousands of spectators yelled and cheered the InJIan as h? slowly moved up abreaat of the Englishman, who was now but a 6cant lap ahead as the pair moed on the second lap of the 25th mile. Longboat ran without any seeming distress. Shrubb fell back to a walk. Longboat quickly took the lead. Tho Englishman colapsed on the track, leaving the triumphant Longboat Long-boat to finish the race alone at a walk. Previous to the Marathon, the match race between Robert Hallen of New York and Mike Spring of Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, In which Spring was allowed a handlcapp of ten seconds, was won by Hallen by one and three-quarter laps. Time, 27.20 1-6. I I! F 1 V F Tom Longboat Wrests Mar athon Laurels From Plucky Alfred Shrubb. Madison Squaro Garden, New York, Feb. 5. Maintaining an even, swinging swing-ing stride, that rarely varied througho-out througho-out tho race, Tom Longboat, the Onondaga Onon-daga Indian from Canada, wrested the laurels of an indoor Marathon race tonight at Madison Square Garden, when victory seemed almost within tho grasp of the plucky Englishman, Alfred Al-fred Shrubb, who collapsed in the 25th mile, leaving the Indian to finish tho long race of 26 miles and 385 yards alone. . Longboat's time for the race was 2 hours, 53 minutes, 40 2-5 seconds, which Is-nearly eight minutes behind the record made by Dorando, the Italian. Ital-ian. In his race with Johnny Hayes, the Olympic Marathon winner last fall. The Indian finished In fine fettle and was in no wise distressed. Tho vast, garden was thronged with excited thousands who cheered the two contestants. Shrubh. as was predicted by his followers, went out in front at -the gunfire, and with a pace that was remarkable. There wa9 some delay In getting the race Btarted, but at 9:18 p m.. the runners were lined up and a minute later, were sent away. Shrubb immediately imme-diately flashed In the lead and assuming assum-ing a fast pace gradually Incrosaod tho distance "between himself and tho Indian In-dian runner. Shrubb's tactic soon became plain. He swifted his pace after going a lap or so, and though Longboat ran with easy strides, it was evident that the pace was too stiff for him. When Shrubb finished the third lap, tho Indian In-dian was a third of a lap behind and from there to tho end of the first mile, which Shrubb finished In 4 minutes 32 seconds, the Indian slowly but surely fell behind. At tho end of the nilfo Longboat was three-quarters of a lap behind and at the finish of the next, or eleventh lap, the Indian Just, trailed after the English runner. At the end of the socond mile. Shrubb was leading by nearly a lap and a half. The time for the two miles was 10:18 4-5. Shrubb's almost perfect action In running brought him the admiration of the crowd, expressed frequently In cheers and shouts of encouragement. Longboat, with his usual lope, bow-ever, bow-ever, had a host of friends who did not Beem to lose confidence as tho Englishman drew into a .comfortable lead. ' "Shrubb can never stand that gait to the end." shouted one o fthe Indian's In-dian's admirers and It truly seemed as if this must be so, especially as Shrubb finished the five mile distance in 27:54, not so very far from the time if takPB to cover the distance when trained men are running at their best. Shiubb was two and a half laps ahead at this time. It was noted here that whilo Shrubb had gained two laps in tho first three miles, ho had added only an additional half lap In the next two miles. . , Shrubb's plan. It appears, was to run a fast mile or two, during which lie made decided gains, and then he would steady down to a trot apparently to i reserve his wind and strength. His sprints always created an uproar in the. crowd, the spectators cheering him fautlcally. The Englishman gained another two and a half laps In the second sec-ond five miles and was five laps., or a half mile ahead when the ten miles was finished. The time for the ten mile mark was 57:32 3 G. , Longboat's time for the ten miles in his race with Dorando was 58:57,1-5, nearly a i minute and a half behind behind Shrubb's time tonight. During the running of the 19th-mile and also the 20th. Shrubb placed tho eighth lap between himself and Longboat' Long-boat' The time for the 20 mile mark was 2 '.01: 25 4-5. , Shrubb in the 21jU mile suddenly stopped to change his Rhoes. During hla brief absence from the track Longboat Long-boat gained one of his lost laps, but |