The Washington times., 1909-04-30
DETAILS
OF TWO-CITY RACE
Athletic Officials and Pro.
moterS Prepare for Com
ing Marathon.
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the A. A. T., and entrants must be reg
ularly registered athlates. Beyond these
years, the doors will be thrown open
wide, and every effort will be made to
make the field from each city as rep
resentative as possible
Trophies For Winners.
To the athlete winning the race. The
Times~News trophy, a trophy as ex-
pensive as the rules of the A. A. u. viii
permit. win be given. The first FIVE men
finishing after the winner will be
awarded gold medals and TO the next
five men who cross the line, silver
medals will be presented. on each will
be inscribed the name of the event and
the winner.
In addition to these a team trophy
will be presented to the club or other
athletic organization making the best
showing. The award Of the team trophy
will be determined by the time of a
group of three men who finish best in
each organization. Since there is no
limit to the number of entries from
any organization an incentive to place
all the distance men available in the
running is furnished.
Tentative plans for the conduct of
the run were arranged today. The sta TT
Will be at Laurel, where adequate rail-
aIOIUe0
the contestants and others who may
wish TO witness the start
Will Start At e:so.
The first call viii be made at $50
O'Clock, and by 9:A5 the runners viii be
under way. Allowing about two and
one-half hours TO complete the course,
this will land the leaders in Washing
ton shortly after noon.
The route will lie along the direct
road from Laurel by way of Berwyn
and Hyattsville. Entering the city by
wav of Fifteenth and II streets north
east. it is the present plan 10 have the
runners proceed down Maryland avenue
to the Capitol, thence along Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the finishing point In
front of the MunSey building.
In every detail the rules laid down
by the Amateur Athletic Union for the
conduct of Maratnons VIII be followed
Timers will take the time OF leaders at
various points. The referee VIII be IN
general charge of the course and his
assistants and other officials Will be SO
stationed along the course as to make
it practically Impossible 10 gain assist
ance in any manner.
Course Plainly Marked.
The course will be plainly laid out so
that compel tors will lose no time in
inquiring the way. At all cross roads
watchers to direct the way will be sta
toned The route from Laurel to
Washington is especially adapted for
Marathon In this particular. At only
two points, Rfverdale and Hysttsvilie,
do roads run into the main road at
other than right angles.
With each man will be bicycle at
tendant. This rider will give all neces-
sary assistance allowed under the rules,
will carry water bottle and viii be
prepared to conduct the runner to the
nearest railroari station should ne be
unable to complete the course. In ad-
dition, checkers are to be placed all
Al the tinish Judges viii be prepared
TO take the time and position OF every
runner. This time will De officially rec
ognized by the A. A. Z. and from the
Contestants who are planning 70 enter
should show up well with the best time
made in the annual New England mara
th0ns.
Safeguards At Finish.
Provision will be made for having the
clothes OF the contestants at a point
near the finish and they will be afforded
the use OF a gymnasium to be settled
upon later to recuperate and to dress.
Each athlete entering the race VIII be
compelled TO undergo the most rigid
DnySiCal fo<hEillAhllDu bS D. DvoAN HSASSN
upon by the officials.
Entries will close on Tuesday, June
at noon. They must be in tn. hands
of the sporting editors OF The Times or
News by that time. Blanks Irusf be re-
ceived by that time. That hey were
mailed in time but not received will not
be taken into account, as the date for
closing the entries has been set IA late as
possible Blanks may be obtained at The
offices of the Baltimore News and The
washington Times and should be mailed
TO the sporting editor or enc OF these
papers.
No entrance fee will be charged.
Boom For Athletics.
w. B. Thachar, Wa 'hington repre-
sentative OF the spalding firm, said:
II want The Times to know how much
men who are boosting sports appreciate
the Inauguration OF the Marathon game
here, for that is what the Times-News
run means. II is a good stunt from a
purely sportsmanlike standpoint. More
than that. I believe IT viii have the
desired effect OF putting Washington to