Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30
RUNNERS TRAIN
FOR BIG RACE
ATHLETES READY FOR SPRINT
TO VENICE
RULES FORMULATED FOR GREAT
sEAsHoRE CLASSIC
Scores of College Men Anxious to
Compete for Magnificent Prizes
Offered in Local Mara
thon Event
az CHEsTER LAWRENCE


for the long-distance running race to
Venice, which will be held Admission
day under the auspices of the Los An
geles Athletic club, the many athletes
who are entered in the event are train
ing assiduously for the run. All are
confident of getting one of the prizes,
while not few have their eye on the
magnificent three-time challenge cup
offered by The Los Angeles Herald,
which at present is on exhibition in
the show window of the Dyas-Cline
sporting goods house. The cup is Of
| fered by the sanction of the A. A. u.
| and must be won three times by the
same competitor before it can become
the property of the runner. A special
! first prize is offered by Abbott Kinney
of Venice and consists of a beautifully
engraved gold medal.
Final arrangements for the race are
about completed and the details will be
arranged before Sunday by the diff
ferent officials of the race. Referee Al
| Treloar will instruct the runners to-
morrow at the gymnasium, and Clerk
of Course Dewitt G. Van Court will
arrange to have the course marked so
as to show the runners the various
| turns. He also will assign a number
to each participant when they meet in
| the gymnasium tomorrow noon for in
structions. 1t shall be the duty of the
| clerk of the course to notify the run
ners when to appear at the start and
| shall have jurisdiction as to placing
the men in line and shall appoint assis-
| tants to aid him in such duties along
the course as may be deemed advis-
able by him and have the course mark
ed out.
Some of the Rules
Physical Instructor AL Tre1or, as
referee, shall decide all questions re-
lating to the actual conduct of the
race. If q claim of foul is made he
shall have the power to disqualify the
competitor who is at fault, If he con-
siders the foul intentional or due to
culpable carelessness, and also shall
have power to allow the hindered COM
petitor to continue in the race as II
he had been placed on trial. If, during
the race a competitor shall conduct
himself in a manner unbecoming a
gentleman, or offensive to the officials,
spectators or competitors, the referee
shall have the power to disqualify
him from the race, and If he thinks
the offense worthy of additional pun
ishment shall promptly make a de-
tailed statement of the facts TO tne
officials of the Los Angeles Athletic
club, under whose auspices the race Is
held.
It will be the duty of the officials of
the course to ride in such automobile
as the referee shall designate, to watch
the competition closely, and in case OF
g. claim of foul to report to the re1eree
| what he saw of the incident. Such
5 officials are merely assistants to the
5 referee, to whom they shall report AND
have no power to make any decisions
neither shall they coach any partleu-
lar runner. The officials of the race,
who will be under the jurisdiction OF
Il Referee AL Treloar, will be Frank ID
Wolfe. managing editor of the Los
Angeles Herald; Robert Marsh of the
real estate firm of Robert Marsh q
/ Co. and one of the directors of the Los
Angeles Athletic club; Charles J. FOX,
I son of Richard X. Fox, proprietor OF
the Police Gazette; Sam Coulter, Cliff
ford Reuman, Robert Brain, Nose
, Hamburger. All the oniclals OF the
I race will be furnished with badges and
on no account will anybody be allowed
to ride in any of the official automo-
biles without one of these badges.
Start at O'Clock
, Members who ride in private auto
! mobiles are cautioned about aiding any
runner in any manner If a trainer
desires to be with his runner he will be
Obliged to ride behind the contestant
The Judges of the course will be re-
! ouired to report aly violation OF TINS
rule to the referee, who will promptly
disqualify the runner, so IT VIII De &c
the runners advantage to see that his
followers are conversant with the rules
3 of the race.
Z The starter of the race will be ais
5 honor, Mayor A. c. Harper, who VIII
5 have sole jurisdiction over the COM
s petitors after the clerk of the course,
Dewitt @. Van Court, has placed tnSnl
in their positions for the start. Inc
start will be made by pistol report, and
r an actual start will not be effected until
! the pistol has been purposely dis-
5 charged.
There will be six timekeepers, tlree
0 at the start and three at the finlsh. II
will be imperative that each OF the time-
keepers have stop watches. AS TINS
! race is the first of many that VIII Iol-
llow, 1t is quite necessary not only uh-
! / der the rules of the A. A. u. but 1ol
1 future information. The referee will
. see that the race is not started until
Q each tinlekeeper is provided with stop
watch. The race will be started IRON
the club house as near O'Clock ON the
morning of September 8 as is possible
should two of the three watches mark
the same time and the third disagree,
the time marked by the two watches
viii he accepted. Should all three dis
agree, the time marked by the inter
mediate watch will be accepted.
THE flash of the pistol will denote
the time of starting. If there are not
three watches held on the finish of the
race at Venice the time cannot become
official, under the rules of the A. A. U.
The tirnekeepers at the start will be the
assistant secretary of the Los Angeles
, Athletic club, William f. Henderson
Leslie Henry Of tie Dyas-Cline sport
ing goods house and George Damron.
Course for the Runners
The finish of the course will be at
the entrance to the annex of the Los
Angeles Athletic club at Venice ana
will be represented by q line between
two finishing posts, drawn across ana
at right angles to the sides of Prome-
| made where the annex Is situated, ana
four feet above this line shall be placed
a tape attached at either end to the mn
ishing posts. A finish will be counted
when any part of the winners BODY
excepting his hands or arms, reach the
finish line The order for finishing Tor
second and third places, and so on, Will
be decided in the same manner. The
timekeepers and judges at the finish
will be Secretary Charlie Eyton of the
Los Angeles Athletic club, who VIII
also be in charge of the other officials
AT the finish and will be authorized to
place men where he thinks best Tor tne
lclearing of the course; James Morley
n and Abbot Kinney Of Venice. 1t VIII be
i imperative that these men nave STOP
watches. -,
The general rules Of the. run itself