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.