The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Former Record Broken


in 16 minutes and 20 seconds. eclipsing the
former record of 17:221s by nearly a min
ute. Vivian Jones also finished inside of
the old record, running the distance In
II minutes and 20 seconds. Robbins time
for the course was II minutes and 2315
seconds.
Keith of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation finished fifth, Gallant of How
ard sixth and Woody of the Young Men $
Christian association seventh
The first five men to finish, Claibourne,
Jones, Robbins, Beatty and Keith, We're
all of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. However, the scores of Jones and
Robbins were not allowed to count in the
total as they were running unattached.
OF the first 10 men to finish, seven of
them wore the Young Mems Christian as
sociation colors.
The prettiest sight of the entire race
was the struggle between Jones, Rob
bins and Beatty at the finish for second
place. Entering the final 100 yards almost
l-abreast this trio strained every muscle
to shake off the other For the first so
yards there was no change in position,
but in the final so yards, Jones, by mag
nificent burst of speed, flashed ahead of
ftODDllS anu Beatty DfedhiilS lne tape II
scant two yards in the fore.
There was no delay in placing the run
ners and shortly after three o'clock
Starter Courleux sent them down Twen-
teth street for the beginning Of the third
annual road race.
Sprinting down Twentieth street. the
runners swung east into Fifth avenue and
settled down to a steady pace, evidently
conserving their energies for the strenu-
o1s rim that law before them
Claibourne Takes Lead
On turning into Fifth, Claibourne i'm
n1ediately forged to the lead and from
then on he was never headed. Steadily
he increased his lead until at the end
of the first mile he was nearly 100 yards
in the van. Douglas Beatty was second,
while Jones' Robbins and Jenkins of Ala
bama was punched close behind. The re-
naming contestants were strung out in a
long line. The same order was main
tanned until near the end of the second
mile when Jenkins passed Jones and Rob-
bins and went in third place.
1t seemed as if Claibourne gained at
every stride for at the end of the second
mile he had increased his lead to nearly
200 yards At the two-third mark Beatty
was still in second place, while Jones
and Robbins were fighting it out for third
place, Jenkins of Alabama finding the
pace 100 not QIODDtQ Out ne OtucI luil-
ners were strung out in long line far
behind.
At this point 1t was seen that clai-
bourne would be an easy winner and it
also began to appear as If Beatty had
second place sewed up with third place
honors lying between Jones and Robbins
However in the final mile numerous un-
expected changes took place that gave
an entirely different aspect to the race
Jones and Robbins increased their stride
and steadily closed in on Beatty. until al
the sprint they had caught up and beat
him to the tape Keith also speeded up
caught Gallant, who had for the great
part of the race been resting in fifth place
and nosed him out at the finish.
Claibourne finished the race in a burst
of speed and appeared not at all tired.
Fifty Toe Line
Fifty men toed the lire at the begin
ming of the run, the Ensley High school
and Marion Military institute teams fail
ing to appear, androf this number "a fin
ished.
Harrington of the A. 4. O. club was
the only runner to feel any bad effects
of the race he having tainted at the be-
| ginning of the second mile.
This is the first time that a team has
aptured both Individual honors and team
honors In 1911 the Birmingham High
Fred Gallant of Howard college won in
Gividual honors Last year Howard col
lege achieved premier honors. while Karl
Platowsky gained first place.
Following the race the team trophy and
individual medals were presented to the
winners on the steps of the Birmingham
Athletic club.
The race in every way was the most
successful that has ever been held and
all credit for its successful termination is