The Washington herald., 1910-01-01
Y.M.C. A. RUN TODAY
Weather VIII ProyeNo Draw
back, Say Promoters.
COURSE TO BE FLAGGED
Manager Beckett Completes All Ar
ranEements for the Second Annual
Cross-cOuntFy Handicap - winner
VIII Get Gold MedaI-Cups for Ath-
Ietes Finishing Well Up.

The second annual open handicap New
Years Day cross-country run, given by
the Washington Young Mems Christian
Association. will be held this morning, be
ginning at 1880 o'clock. The race will
start and finish at the Fifteenth street
entrance TO the Monument grounds. and
the course viii lie around the Monument
bride path. along the Speedwa'', through
Potomac Park, across the Highway
Bridge, and about four miles over the
Virginia roads leading TO Fort Myer. with
the return over the same route until
Potomac Park is reached, when different
roads will be traversed. and the runners
viii reach the finishing line by way Of
the Fourteenth street and b street bride
paths The total distance will be ten
miles
The runner making the best actual time
win be awarded "a gold medal. the men
finishing first, second, and third viii be
given trophy cups, every man completing
the course within seventy minutes viii
set a medal. and the winning team OF
-four men VIII receive a trophy.
Every possible provision has been made
TO protect the contestants from cold They
will dress in the association building in
G street. and viii not go to the start
until notified that all officials are in their
places. The men with limit marks will be
sent away as soon as they arrive AZ the
start, and men with smaller handicaps
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and Fifteenth streets until called TO the
mark. As soon as the runners finish they
viii be bundled Up IN blankets and carried
( TO the association building in automobiles
VIII Flag Course.
Manager Beckett and a corps Of assist
ants will leave the association building at
o'clock this morning TO put in place the
IL red flags which are required TO mark
4 the course, and win also put IN place the
signs indicating the positions of the IF
/ teen checking stations.
a STAFF of six physicians viii examine
the hearts and lungs OF the contestants be-
tween and 10 o'clock. and all the officials
will leave the association building at 10
o'clock. in automobiles. for their various
stations on the course.
/ There is a greater number Of small. new
clubs represented in this years cross
country run than heretofore, and great
. many runners are new at the game.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
Virginia, and the District are represented
among the list of entries, Yale and George
. Washington universities are among the
colleges. Business and Technical High
3 School among the schools, with practi-
( oally all the local clubs and Y. NJ. c. As.
Altogether there are eighteen organiza-
lions and thirty-three runners, three more
organizations and about the same number
Of contestants as last year.
Entry List.
The entries follow: Central Branch.
I Y. N. c. 4, J. G. Stecker, F. c. Morse,
j. NJ. Cuts, Max Yudelevitt. H. S. Shaw.
: 3. z. Galloway; Southeast Branch, Y. N.
. C. a. Joseph Crist: Yale University, ".
. n Dunn: George Washington University.
John P. Fleming; Business High School,
w. II. Schofeld and G. w Holland,
Technical High School. F. l. Renner;
/ Strayer's Business College, Frank
Frazier: Potomac Athletic Club, Archie
/ Farrell; RayIiew Athletic Club, NJ II.
King; Kendall Athletic Club, c. c. Null
lady; District National Guard Herschel
! Reese; Road Athletic Club. Edwin Belcr
and Warner CuTley; Memorial Athletic
| Club, George A. Douden. Richard Mans
field. John A. Schombert; Baltimore Cross
! Country Club John D. Bolac and John
Y. Kelley; Philadelphia Athletic Club, r.
( D. Clarke; Fifth Regiment OF Baltimore
H E Hutchinson; BOrdentown, y. J.,
Military Institute. ". F. Nash, IT.;
Lyceum Athletic Club, Eddystone. Pa,
Daniel Murphy, NJ. B. German; unat-
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