The Washington times., 1909-05-04
Twenty Starters Already AS
sured for Intercity Mara
thon Race.
@. w. u. THE FIRST
COLLEGE TO ENTER
Z. M. c. A. Has Seven Men Train
ing-Hildebrand and Smith
son Represent Gurley.

With the announcement OF the Times
News Intercity Marathon for June 1.
not yet week old a field Of runners is
already out training that insures the
success OF the event.
Fifteen was set as the mark for the
entries when the scheme was proposed.
Today there are twenty men, In good
standing with the A. A. o., and bona
fide residents OF Washington. who in
tend 10 enter the race. Among those
who have already registered or viii
register today for the purpose of enter
ing the run is the cream of Washington
distance men and several who have
won recognition at shorter distances.
and will take this occasion to break into
the distance game.
These are 3. NJ. Hildebrand, Gurley
Athletic Club; c z. Smithson, Gurley
Athletic Club; F. A. Schirmer, Aloysius
Athletic Club; +. l.. Renner and g. l.
Washington, Technical High School;
Tom White and Harry Tolbert, of the
Bloomingdale Athletic Club; W II
Shears, fremont Athletic Club; c. w
Seaman. J. N. Cults, NJ. J. Frahe, T.
and 5. T. Smoot, all OF the Young Mems
Christian Association
Hatchetites in Line.
The first college to declare its inten-
ton of competing for the team prize Is
George washington University. Man
ager Newhouser. of the Hatchetite
track team. announced this morning
that at least three men would be en-
tered from his school and that the num-
Der would be made as large as the
showing of athletes who Will be called
out TO train today justities.
I am especially anxious 10 put
team Ia the field said Manager New
houser, ''since Johns Hopkins viii enter
the race. Our men have been lookign
15s 1Ss t6In N nOTd wl
good opportunity to show our real
strength at the distance game when II
Is developed
of the Gurley Athletic Club announce
xnsnt was made this morning that the
club, which comprises a major portion
OF Washington's distance runners, VIII
Times-News intercity Marathon, set for
June p
Has Strong Pair.
Two members of the team have al
ready been picked. They are 3. NJ.
Hildebrand, winner OF the South Allan
tic championship race for the mile last
season. and c. z. Smitbson. a quarter
miller, whose most notable performance
was IN the same meet, when he ran Sec
Hlldsnrand won recognition in track
circles as a member OF Central High
Schools track team. In his freshman
year ne was a point winner in the scho-
lastic meet and later developed into a
cross-country runner, when he finished
third in Centrafs cross-country event
two years ego. He was slso a point
winner IN the Central Y. NJ c. A. meet
Al Baltimore last month. He Is consid-
cred one of the fastest men in this sec
fion for distances over five miles. Tn!E
r. t,-r IA
tance work, so that he stands a good
chance OF landing well up among the
leaders in the intercity race.
snlithson Is primarily q quarter-miler;
a yard behind CARPENTER, , member Of
the Olympic tesm last year. Since then
he has been prominent figure in vari-
GUS Washington meets. Smithson be-
Eeves that Il is merely a matter of In
1elligence for 8. man I'm good physical
condition to train for the Marathon dis
lance and he he's gone to work at the
task in businesslike way.
Present Strong Front.
One of the strongest array Of talent
promised Is Physical Director Beckett s
string from the Y. NJ. c. A. Seven men
from the association are assured with
a number Of others figuring as possibili-
ties.
stecker. who began training today for
the Marathon, will be remembered as
Alt AAah WIZ hOn AlG blODEulnEQdle
Clubs cross-country run at Brightwooc
last month He has shown TO advantage
IN a number OF distance events in this
vicinity, and Is one of the Y NJ. G. As
most consistent point winners.
High among those who finished in the
New Year race OF the Y. NJ. G. A. was
4, +. Enzor. another candidate for
Marathon honors In the same race M
J. Fraile ran third and J. n Cults
showed form that brought him to
Beckett's attention as 4 promising
youngster.
Three OF the associations entrants
have not yet been seen 81 action, but
are touted as showing classy form for
distance running. They are Seaman
Smoot, and Greenley.
One Of Tech Highs prospective en-
trantg showed up well in the Y. NJ C. A
five-mhe cross-country held last week
He ran second in his class. Renner ran
in the 1850 meter race at the George
Washington indoor and finished NTH
Trained under Bernie Wefers and with
a promising record to HIS creo!t in
closed events OF the Aloysius Club
Schrirner looms up as a formidable con-
tender. He has heretofore entered both
the 4f0-yard and distance runs, but has
decided TO go IN for distance com