Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-14
SEVENTEEN IN
RUN TO VENICE
NEW NAMES ARE BEING ADDED
EVERY DAY
THIRD PRIZE PROBABLY WILL BE
OFFERED
Los Angeles Athletic Clubs Long Dis
tance Event Is Attracting Much
Attention-Poiice VIII
Aid Runners
BY CHESTER LAWRENCE

J
Athletic club were shortened yesterday
| and the time given over to running
around the gymnasium. About ten of
the boys who are entered in the Los
Angeles to-Venice road race, headed by
| George Retzer, made many laps around
| the gym.
After a conference yesterday with
those who are promoting the race, 1t
was decided to change the course. A
| representative of The Herald rode over
the first few miles of the original course
yesterday morning and found that, on
account of street work, it would be
impossible to run on some of these
| streets. The course as it is ar
ranged now is as follows: Starting
at the club house door, the runners will
continue down Spring street to Main
street and as far as Washington street;
| turning west on Washington street,
they will continue to Venice. When
the runners reach Fredericks they will
| cross the tracks of the Los Angeles
Pacific railroad and continue into Ven
| ice on the right-hand side of the rail-
road track, over the lagoons and into
Windward avenue. The chief of police
of Venice has consented to hold open
Windward avenue and the Promenade
as far as the club house for the runners
the day of the race. In addition to a
squad of officers to guard the streets
| in Venice, the streets will be roped off
|
most always occurs at the eastern Mar
athon races.
At the meeting yesterday 1t also was
| decided to start the race at o'clock in
the afternoon instead of at O'clock in
the morning, as previously arranged.
This latter change was made to avoid
the oppressive heat in the forenoon.
The changing of the start to Saturday
afternoon also will enable many more
runners to enter the race, who could
not leave their business in the forenoon.
Chief of Police Kern of the Los An
| geles department was informed of the
proposed race yesterday by a repre-
sentative Of The Herald, and he ex-
| pressed himself as delighted that the
Los Angeles Athletic club had awak
ened at last to the fact that long dis
lance running is an essential course of
| training in a down to date athletic club.
The chief wishes the boys success
through The Herald, and assures them
that he will do all ha legitimately can
| do to aid them. He will detail a squad
( of officers at the entrance of the club
the Afternoon of the race to keep back
| the crowd. He also will instruct his
officers not to interfere with the run
ners while they are on their way. 1t is
expected that drivers of automobiles
and various other vehicles will extend
the courtesies generally shown in such
races and not '.get to windward of the
boys the right of way. No doubt they
will do so when they are assured that
by obstructing runner they cause him
to lose his stride, and in long distance
race the stride should be kept as regu-
| lar as a clock.
There is some talk about the club of
presenting a prize to the runner who
crosses the line third. The name of
the prospective donor is wIL4held by
his request, but 1t safely can be said
that there will be a third prize. AS
was announced In The Herald yester-
day, the first prize will consist of a
beautiful silver cup which the Los
! Angeles Herald has offered. There are
restrictions imposed to the effect that
the cup must be won three times by
the same participant before 1t becomes
individual property, at which time it
will become his personal property. The
second prize is offered by the officials
of the Los Angeles Athletic club. The
third prize is almost assured and per-
| haps one of the sporting goods houses
of Los Angeles will donate a fourth
prize.
There were five additional entries
to the event yesterday. The first of
these was Prof Uyttenhove. The pro-
fessor is the fencing instructor of the
club and also is somewhat of run
ner, having run in several long dis
lance races in Germany a few years
ago. The second entry is DIR. Treen.
The latter has just returned from an
outing at Seven Oaks and if the doc
tor runs the race as fast as his looks
indicate he can do he will have his
name engraved on The Herald cup.
The third entry is Leo Berger. Leo is
light, but should finish in the race.
anyway. Les Guernsey is the fourth
and George Damron the fifth.
All the boys who are to run in the
race are cautioned by De Witt G. Van
Court not to neglect their training for
this race. The proposition is no snap,
but a mans job clear through to Ven
lice, and unless it is desired to alight
at the annex from an automobile on
the afternoon of August 20, it would
be advisable to get TO work.
The entries to the race as they stand
now are as follows: