Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-18
MANY START IN
! LEGION MARATHON
Athletes of in Sixteen-MiIe
Grind From villanova to
Franklin Field

A large group Of athletes. including
United States in the Olympic games at
Antwerp, got away under the gun In
the sixteen mile marathon from villa
nova to Franklin Field, which was the
opening event Of the first annual Amer
lean Legion field day this afternoon.
The start was made shortly after
IL 30. There was quite gathering Of
spectators near the college to see the
getaway and many automobiles fol-
lowed the athletes over the course. The
runners went west for two miles along
the Lancaster pike. They returned
past the college, then east along Lam
caster pike to the city line. The
course goes through Fairmount Park to
Thirty fourth street and Fairmount
avenue, down Thirty fourth to Spruce,
to Thirty third street and ends with
one swing around the track at Frank
lin Field.
The Olympic stars entered in the
marathon are Carl Linder, who was
eleventh in the twenty six mile mara
thon in Belgium; Joe Organ, of Pitts
! burgh, who was the first American to
finish in the Olympics, taking seventh,
and A. Roth, of Boston, who started,
but was unable to complete the course
overseas.
Beside Organ. Linder and Roth there
are many other athletes in the Legion
States abroad.
Woodring to Run
The host of Olympic stars are headed
by Allen Woodring, Philadelphia s only
champion, who will be in both the 100
and 220-yard dash. In the century
he will start on scratch and in the
furlong he will be two yards behind
scratch with Andy Kelly, of New York,
and AL Leconey. Of the Meadowbrook
Club and Lafayette. on the mark.
in the national legion one mile relay
intercity championship with Philadel-
phia, New York and Boston as en-
trants. This city will be represented by
Earl Eby, the Penn runner who finished
second in the Olympic 800 meters; Bob
Maxam, another Lawson Robertson
pupil Eddie Meehan. formerly Of Notre
Dame, and Larry Brown, also q Penn
runner, or w. Trout. Of the Meadow
brook Club.
The Boston team will have Jake
Driscoll, the Boston College star !;
Meanix, who broke the worlds record
for the yard hurdles in the Penn
relays few years ago; OLeary and
Robertson.
New York will depend on Joe Hig-
and Lagay, formerly of Dartmouth, and
Jack Sellers, Sid Leslie or Ted Mere
dith.
A number of stars have been invited
to compete in the invitation one mile
race. They include Jimmy Connolly
and Caffrey. Boston's stars; Larry
Brown and Eddie Shields. of Penn, and
Joe Schwartz and w. Rittler, of the
Meadowbrook Club.
Three. Cornered Program
The program will be divided into
three parts. There is one section for
legion athletes who are members OF
posts in Pennsylvania, Delaware and
open to members of all posts and another
set of contests open to all registered
athletes of the Amateur Athletic Union
There will be service competitions as
well as athletic events. Among these
will be the bugle competition, wal
scaling and bayonet racing. Many oi
the service celebrities will be on hand.
The list of events follows: Marathon
bugle competition. national legion 100
yard dash, legion mile run open 100.
yard dash. national legion 600 -yart
run. local legion 100 yard dash, oper
40 yard dash, novelty race. post med
ley relay race. 75-yard dash for women
bayonet race. open $50 yard run, oper
900 yard dash, legion one mile relay
race, one mile invitation race, smile
intercity legion relay. tug of war, higl
jump, pole vault, broad jump and shot
put.