WjTl2 ' JUNE '3, 1910. NO. 47
"""" SALEM-PORTLAND RELAY RACE.
Chemawa wins Fourth Annual Race From Portland Y. Iil.
C. A. Time 5 Hours, 17 Minutes. Leading by J 3
Iilinutes and 5 Seconds. Distance 52.1 Miles.
For the forth consecutive time the Che
mawa Indian runners proved too fleet
Tor the Portland Y. M. C. A. athletes
and yesterday again won the annual Sa
lem-to-Portland relay race. Although
no new record for the distance was estab
lished yesterday, the time made, 5 hours
and' 17 minutes, represents faster run
ning than in any of the preceding race,
as the best previous time, in May 1908,
was 5 hours 10 minutes 30 second, while
the course this year was .8 of a mile
longer than in the three other races.
The Indians led from the time the
contestants left the Salem Capitol. The
Y. M. C. A. runners, not having had the
time and facilities for training as had
the Indians, were not in condition to
stand the gruelling pace find gradually
dropped bthiud. The last white runner
finished the race 1.3 minutes 5 seconds
behind the little Indian, Ben Bearchild,
who first handed to Councilman Cellars
the message from Governor Benson bear
ing greetings from the Cherry City.
The majority of the Indian runners
added something to the lead which "was
given them by the preceding relays, but
soma of the Y. M. C. A. athletes devel
oped wonderful bursts of speed and pick- -ed
up on their opponents. On of these,
Barndollar, who ran the course from
Oregon City to Oswego, picked up 2 min
utes and 55 seconds, whi'e Msegee, the
Y. M. C. A. runner who preceded Barn
dollar, also gained 36 seconds.
FAST MEN START RACK.
The Indians placed all their best run
ners in the first part of the course, with
the exception of Bearchild, the little 14-year-old
full-blood, who ran the last re
lay. This enabled them to take the lead
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