The San Francisco call., 1913-10-21

Final details have been completed
and everything is in readiness for the
start of the great Portola relay race
and swim between high school stu
dents and members of the Y. NJ G.
A.. from Sacramento to san FFah-
cisco.
Due to an unexpected trip to the
east Governor Johnson will not start
the race as originally planned and
the honor has been conferred on
Mayor Burke of Sacramento, who viii
send a message of greeting TO the
queen of the Portola by the high
school and Y. NJ. c. A. relay runners
and swimmers.
The start of the race will be from
the steps of the state capitol at Sac
ramento at p. m. Thomas Connolly
of the Sacramento high school and
Clarence Bovey of the Sacramento I.
M. C. A. will be the first athletes to
carry the message on It's "trip to the
queen.
PILOT CARS TO PACE RUNNERS
Special pilot cars will go ahead of
the runners with brilliant search
lights. giving the competitors every
opportunity to get over the ground
at their best speed during the dark
ness. A Red Cross car with doctors
and nurses will follow the runners
from the start to the finish of the
race.
Al Coney of the Olympic club is the
originator OF the idea and referee of
the race.
Otto Reichenbach of the San Fran
cisco Y. M. c. A will have the honor
of running the last lap of the race
and handing the message to the
queen
RACE 1872 MILES LONG
The race is approximately 1872 miles
in length. More than $50 athletes
will compete in the event.
From Sacramento to Hayward the
relays will be a mile in length. Hay
ward to the end of Alameda pier half
a mile Crossing the bay the swim
mers will be relieved at intervals Of
10 minutes. From the ferry building
10 Union square each runner will
carry the message one block
When Mayor Burke of Sacramento
dispatches a message to the queen
of the Portola festival at p. m. to-
day a bomb will be discharged in
Union square, this city. Special tele-
graphic arrangements have been
made by the athletic committee Of
the Porto1a festival committee for
this signal.
The bomb will signal the start of
the great Portola relay race from
Sacramento to this city. The carriers
of the message to the queen will
travel overland and through water to
accomplish the task.
The race viii end at Union square
about p. m. tomorrow.
SACRAMENTO TO GAIT
Tbs Sacramento high school and the sacra-
anf1 NJ ~
messages from Sacramento TO Gait. The high
school team consists Of the following runners:
L. Gree. D. Fields, Fl. Weaver, J. Fl. Harvey,
G. Flint, D. Hannaford, L. Shoemacher, F.
schapp. ]. Look. J. Harbaugh. Il. Jones. R.
Cattiett, J. H. Patten. H. McNight, A. oMaI-
ley J.. Hickey, G. Merwin. II. Dalton. g..
Timble. W Nauman. h Phillips. I. Cox;
substitutes, J. Williams A. Glenn. J. Gold
Robert Forbes. physical director of the
Sacramento y NJ G. A., has as, not yet an an.
distance for the y NJ. c. A. team.
GAIT TO STOCKTON
Gait will be the starting station for the
Lodi high school and the Stockton y. NJ. C.
A. teams. These teams will carry the mes
sages TO Stockton via Lodi. The Lodi high
school team is as follows: Carl Turner. Earn
est Fink, Carroll Duf. Raymond Beckman,
Frank Edson Leon Eut5erford Leslie Miller,
Hawe George c. Delaine. Earnest Wagner,
Walter Tindail, Victor Meyers. Vernon White.
Clair Williams, Norman fLleyt Joseph UtDon-
nel. Ivan Strange Mel Shank, Charles De
vine, Raymond Whires, Arthur Tindali, Clar-
stockton T. NJ c. A. runners-George
Morrisgon I. Martin, A. Erickson, ]. How
land, NJ, sprague- g. Leighton. j. McAdams,
meyer, r. Romeo l. Spayu r. Mifscher. L.
CoveiI B. Romeo, l.. Brown, ]. Diei, l..
Spayd, s. Norton. NJ. Graham
STOCKTON TO LIvERMoRE
The stockton high school team and run
ners from the San Francisco Y. NJ. c. A.