The Washington times., 1913-04-06
But One Runner of First Ten in
Last Years Event Out of the
Running Saturday.

With one exception every runner of
the first eleven who finished in the rec
ord breaking Marathon race held last
year has again sent in his entry for
The Times News race to be held Sat
urday, April IL, from Laurel to WASH
ington.
The one exception is John j. Camp
bell, the Memorial A. c. crack whose
entry was turned down on account of
the fact that at present he is under
the A. A. u ban. All Of the others who
took part in the historic run from
Laurel to Baltimore, where the run fin
ished last year, have again decided to
take flier at the game and a chance
at the prizes.
Frank A. Ruth, whose record of 2
hours, minutes, seconds was made
in the race last year, will lead the Bal
timore Cross Country athletes to the
mark at Laurel on Saturday. Ruth is
in exceptional form, and bids fair to
better his performance.
John Bolac, the Carroll Institute rum
ner, who pushed Ruth to the limit to
win last year, and who ran under the
colors of the Washington Cross Country
Club, will toe the mark in the best OF
condition. Today Bolac will run over
the course from Laurel to Hyattsville,
and as he has bettered his time by five
minutes in a previous workout should
do even better today.
Bolac and Williams In.
Bolac, with Robert Williams of the
Washington A. A, is the hope of the
Washington contingent He is in the
pink of condition and means to come
back at Ruth for the victory snatched
from him in the last mile Of the race
last year. Bolac led nearly to the
finish line last year when Ruth chal-
lenKed on the city outskirts and man.
aged to win out in a driving finish.
Henry Elphinstone. running unat-
tached, who last year ran third and the
year previous won the race which fin-
ished here in Washington, will again
20 to the mark. Recently Elphinstone
conceded liberal handicaps to runners in
Baltimore and finished a ten-mile race
with the best time of the day to his
credit.
Elphy is a veteran of many years
standing. OF peculiar build and ambling
gait, he manages to cover ground at
heartbreaking pace. and can be counted
upon to finish well up in front. Last
year Elphinstone was run on his feet
by Arthur Holden, the Canadian fif-
teen-mile champion, in the Laurel-to-
better than third place.
The year before that. when the ath-
letes finished here in Washington,
Elphinstone led the pack from Laurel.
and won rather tame race Of it He
cut out an awful pace, maintained II
while others fell back into the ruck, and
won as he pleased.
Campbell Was Fourth.
Last year Campbell was fourth, but
will watch the others this year. as he
has gotten into difficulty with the Anna
teur Athletic Union. and has been laid
off for a six months period. Campbell
was counting upon entering the race
this year, but was forced out of it at a
meeting of the board of managers Of
the union held here last week.
McKenna, of the st. Andrews Gym
nasium last year. will again take up
the running for Idlewild Club. of Balti-
more. He is a plugging runner, has
plenty of endurance, and may be found
again up in front with the leaders.
Egan A. Geller, a Baltimore man, whose
half-mile races this winter have stamped
him as one of the best in this section
Of the country, is to run this year.
Last years race found Geller sixth
at the finish line, and he has improved
to such an extent this year that he is
being counted upon as the dark horse
of the race. 1t is not unlikely that the
Baltimore Cross Country runner. with
greater stamina and sprint developed
during the winter, will be able to show
all the others a few things when 1t
comes to taking the fast trail in from
Laurel on Saturday.
Bernard Brewer and Freddie Baer,
both of Baltimore, who finished eighth
and ninth, will start with the pack
again. Brewer prefers TO run unat-
tached while Baer is representing his
old club, the Baltimore Cross Country
Club. expecting to be again up in the
running when the Marathoners reach
the finish line on Saturday.
List Is the Same
When the long list of runners is
looked over there appear to be about
the same list as that which made up
the personnel of the entries last year.
Many have thought seriously of taking
up the game after their experience last
year and have gotten into the running
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