New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-08
HUGE FIELD FOR
"EVENING Mali"
MARATHON TODAY
Fifteen Hundred Runners
Named in 13-Mile Dash
Through City.
HANS KOLEHMAINEN
EXPECTS TO WIN
But Speedy Finn Will Meet Many
Capable Opponents and Rec
ord Time Is Not Unlikely.

Fifteen hundred runners, including
some of the most famous long distance
men in the country and numbering
among them Hannes Kolehmainen, the
Olympic champion. will start in THE
Evening Mail" modified Marathon
through the city streets this afternoon.
The race will start at the COncourse
and 1S4th Street, in The Bronx, at 1880
o'clock and will finish in front of the
City Hall. The distance is Is miles
and 200 yards, and a time limit OF 2
hours and 20 minutes has been set by
the committee.
This race has taken It's place in the
sporting calendar, and, favored by fair
weather, il is probable that more than
100000 spectators will witness IT, More
athletes will compete to-day than in
any Of the previous contests held un-
der the same management, and u is
hoped that a new man may be discov-
cred to represent this country in the
next Olympic games If they are held
within the next few years.
Certain il is that many capable per-
formers will match their speed and
stamina, and a new record may be es-
tablished. Last year Hannes Koleh-
mainen won in 1 hour, 9 minutes and
10 Of a second This afternoon, If he
manages to lead the field at all, he may
be forced TO jolt old Father Time again.
The Firms remarkable race at Celtic
Park last week testifes to his condi-
ton. Furthermore, Kolehmainen has
twice been crowned victor in this race,
and believes that nothing short of an
earthquake will stop him making il
three in row.
ko nh will
starter with Kohlemainen are: Willie
Kyronen, unattached; Hugh Honahan,
y. Y. A. c., who finished fourth in the
recent Boston A. A. marathon; Charlie
Pores, Millrose a. A., winner of the
Sea Gate marathon; George Holden,
Yonkers Y. NJ. c. A.; A Morris, unat-
tached; Charles A. Roth, Nick the
Greek, Frank Zuna, Pat Flynn, Charles
de Stefano, Ozanam A. A; Frank Ira
velena, Mohawk A. c.; Tom Dryer, Mo-
hawk A. c.; E. Byrne, Bronx Church
House; Harry Fiddle, Mohawk A. c.;
Frank Ruggerio, Bronx Church House /;
Jake Maier, Bronx Church House; A.
Roth, Mohawk A. c.; J. Anthony,
Greek-American A. c.; Dan Healy, Car
roll Institute, of Washington; o.
Weeks, Pennant A. c.; W. j. Harmon,
ST. Anselm's; Tom Barden, Ia. A. CT;
Frank Fogel, IA. A. c.; G. Becker, De
Witt Clinton Playground; George Car
son, {. Davis, K. Brandt, John Phil
lir2s, Hugh Carroll, J. w. Plant and
scores of others.
The struggle for the team prize
will be keen. The Irish-American,
New York, Mohawk, Bronx Church
House and scores Of other athletic
clubs will be represented Many of
the public Fairgrounds have entered
teams. Among these are West Fifty
ninth Street, Hudson, De Witt Gin
ton, Tompkins Square, Thomas JEFF
ferson, Yorkville, Seward, John Jay
Cherry and Market, Queens, Columbus,
Hamilton Fish and st. Gabriel. In al
about twenty teams, or 100 boys, physI-
cally fit, will start.
The runners will be called to the
mark at 1:15 o'clock, and promptly
at 1880 o'clock the starting gun will
be fired. From the starting point the
runners will race along the Concourse
TO l65th Street, where they switch into
Jerome Avenue, continuing along that
thoroughfare to Macomb's Dam bridge
crossing the Harlem River, thence 10
l53d Street and Seventh Avenue 70
10th Street, east along Central Park
10 Fifth Avenue, to Fifty-seventh
Street, west to Seventh Avenue to
Fourteenth, down Fifth Avenue TO
West Fourth Street, across Lafayette
Street, to Elm Street, to Record Place
and into City Hall Park.