Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
MANY ENTER IN
MARATHON RACE
LIST EXCEEDS THAT FOR THE
FIRST RUNNING
THIRTEEN INDICATE INTENTION
OF STARTING
With Event Scheduled for New Years
Morning, There is Not Too
Much Time Left for
Training

The Southern California Marathon
associat ton, an organization which is
composed of the members of the Los
Angeles Athletic club who participated
in the first long distance running race
ever held in Southern California, which
was held September 8, recently an
nounced that the second race would be
run the forenoon of New Years day.
The day following the formal an-
nouncement the secretary of the assoc
citation received five entries to the race.
Since that time eight more have been
received, bringing the total to thirteen.
This is four more than were entered in
the last race.
The first race was open to members
of the Los Angeles Athletic club only,
but all future races under the auspices
of this organization will be open to all
amateurs in good standing with the
Amateur Athletic union of North
America, of which the Pacific Amateur
Athletic association is a branch. At
the first meeting of the Southern Cali
fornia Marathon association it was
unanimously voted to accept no entries
to the race unless the applicants regis
tration number with the A. A. u. ac-
companied it. This rule will be en-
forced However, anybody who desires
A. A. U. blanks at the Los Angeles
Athletic club and may file it with his
application to enter the Marathon race.
The latest runner to file his entry to
the race is J. X. Korinek, formerly a
member of the Monticello Athletic club
of Chicago, who has participated in
several Marathon races which have
been pulled off In the Windy City I'M
der the auspices of the Illinois Athletic
club. Korinek is expected to make
good in the New Year race, and is one
of the likely winners of the contest.
Paul Reinwald one of the best known
mountain climbers in the west, filed his
entry with the secretary last week,
and although he is past middle age, he
can be depended upon to set many OF
the younger runners a stiff pace.
The course for the New Years race
will be the same as the last, leaving
the club house at 534 South Spring and
continuing down Spring street to Main
street and down Main street to Adams.
The runners then will turn west on
Adams street and continue to Venice,
a distance of 1916 miles.
Many members of the Los Angeles
Athletic club will be entered in the
race, and they will attempt to keep the
first prize in the possession of the club.
To do this however, it practically is
assured that they will be obliged to
run much faster than did Dietrich, win
ner of the first race, and who at pres
ent holds first claim to The Herald
cup. He covered the course in two
hours and one minute. Already many
athletes are training for the contest
and it would be we'll for each runner
who is planning to enter the race tc
get into training Immediately, as he
will have only one month to get into
condition, and past experience has
shown that a month is none too lone
to train for such a run
San Diego viii be represented in the
run by Louis Becker, formerly an east
ern runner of note, and who has wor
many prizes in amateur races at Madi-
son Square garden, New York. He has
been training at Coronado for the past
month and will be in excellent condi-
ton the day of the race.