Hopkinton to Boston, MA | April 20, 1925
Chicago's Chuck Mellor pursued victory in the Boston Marathon until he succeeded on his fifth attempt in 1925. The triumph dashed Clarence DeMar's hopes for a fourth consecutive win.
The race was decided in the Newton Hills, where Mellor, with a wad of tobacco tucked inside his cheek and a Boston Globe newspaper under his shirt, pulled away from his main rival.
Perhaps the most anticipated entrant in the 42-kilometer race was Olympic champion Albin Stenroos, but he abandoned. Finns Yrjö Korholin-Koski (known as Karl Koski) and Ville Kyrönen finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
1-10 (John Hancock)
The 1925 Boston Marathon (The Natick Historical Society)
Runners coming through Framingham 30 minutes after the start. Clarence DeMar is no. 1.