The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
News of the Athletes
in East and West
Great Interest in Narration Race
to Be Given by Century
Athletic GLIB
By Herbert Hauser

Great interest is being taken in the
coming Marathon race to be run off
Thanksgiving morning by the Century
athletic club of Oakland. From present
indications there will be from Is to 20
starters. Entries close at Spalding's
on the 23d inst, and what the list will
lack in numbers will be made UP in
the quality of the entries, as the best
distance runners in the state will par
ticipate. At least five prizes will be
awarded, besides a handsome cross
country bar to each man covering the
course. The entrance blanks are now
out. The race will start at $3.50 a. m.
sharp at Melrose station, the terminus
of the Southern Pacific's Oakland local
train. From there the runners will go
out the San Leandro road TO about a
mile this side of Hayward, where they
viii turn up the Castro valley road and
into the new scenic boulevard, running
back that road and finishing IN front
of the Fremont high school. There is
no question but that the race-Wil be
a good one, with Cornelius Connolly
and Soldier King, both old rivals, as
the principal contenders. The total
distance is close to 21 miles. Each con-
testant viii be allowed to have a
trainer follow him on a wheel.
Next Saturday will see the great
football contest between Harvard and
Yale. Week after. week the eastern
experts have been following the games
and practice work of these two teams
and opinion is still divided. YeSter-
days games gave good line on the
two teams, but one can scarcely tell
what new development will turn up
during the last week. Both teams
probably have saved up some trick that
mas not been tried, so that surprise
may be sprung. There seems to be no
doubt that the teams will put up a
hard fought contest.
Yale will be somewhat weakened by
the loss of her two regular ends, Kill
patrick and Naedele, both of whom met
with severe injuries last week. Yale
seems to have had the best record for
the early part of the season, but Har-
ward has been coming up with great
strides, and Coach Haughton is not say
ing much and has the hope of turning
out a victorious IL.
In the middle west 'Hurry-up Yost"
is racking his brain for new trick
plays with which he hopes to defeat
Pennsylvania, for he knows that is
the team of former years, and it will
be only by these chance plays that
Yost mainly expects to come out vic
torious.
Tuesday the senior crew of the Dol
phin boating and rowing club will jour-
the championship rowing regatta at
Naples. Following is the crew: Stroke,
william Harris; g. Thomas Harris; 2,
Leo Weinand; 1 B. Barthold; G. Ken
niff, coxswain. Weinand will also row
in the senior shell race.
Great interest is being taken in the
regatta and it viii be the Thanks
giving event of southern California.
Stanford university also will be repre-
sented by its best crew. The Los An
geles athletic club and the San Diego
rowing club will be the southern repre-
sentatiyes and will make hot fight
against the northerners. as they have
been in active training for some time.
The stories that have been circulated
in the east that James e. Sullivan had
resigned the presidency of the Amateur
athletic union were false. and were no
doubt circulated by persons antagonis-
tic to Sullivan. Several years ago the
leaders of the union decided that they
would not hold office for more than
two terms. but all sections desire Sulli-
van to take at least another term, and
it is hoped that he will accept.
Tuesday evening the Pacific athletic
association public schools committee
will appear before the Oakland board
of education and obtain It's sanction
for league in that city