The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-22
COMPARTMENTS. FIRST ROAD RACE COMES THURSDAY
B. A. c. Has Promising Team Entered-RiChter a Star
 This Year

The first annual road race of the new Southeastern Amateur Athletic union will be staged in Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day. The race will be over a cross-country course of three miles, which will start and end at Grant field. the scene of the Auburn Tech hostilities. This will not only be big evenefrom the standpoint of the race itself, but it will also mark the first road race ever run under the southeastern division of the A. A. U., which was formed here in late August. A large number of entries are being expected by the officials in charge of the race and among them will be a team from the B. A. c.
 Local Team Entered
 Those who will represent the local team are Ellsworth Richter, Henry Beatty. William Hoskins. John Mc- Dougal, Wiley McDougal, and Sam Chesnut. This team has been work ing out regularly for some time un- der Coach Erwin and is said to be in the best shape. Ellsworth Richter Is the man on whom the B. A. C. Is pin ming most of it's faith. Richter is one of the best runners that ever ran In the south, having been a holder of the record for 5000 meters for over a year. According to reports from the team, this boy is running in great form now and is being counted on to come in for some of the big honors on Turkey Day. However, Richter Is not the only man from Birming- ham who stands chance of copping off the big honors, as the other five men on the team have been working we'll and should go good enough to furnish strong competition for any one.
 Entry Blank
 The following extract from the en- try blank explains the conditions concerning the running of the race and the awarding of prizes:
 "Distance and Place-Three miles cross-country, starting and finishing at Grant field Georgia Tech).
 "Prizes-A silver loving cup, em- blematic of the championship will be given to the organization whose team finishes first, to be held by them for one year, and to become the perma nent property of the organization which wins 1t three times. The in- dividual who wins the race will be awarded bronze medals. Silver med man silver medal and each of the next eight men finishing will be awarded bronze medals. Silver med als will be given each member of the winning team. All prizes are being donated by the Atlanta Athletic club
 "Teams--An organization may en' ter as many runners as they wlSf in this cross-country run, but eacf organization before the race starts must name it's team of six men, ano the five of these six so named wht make the lowest scores will count 1T determining the team prize. Ont point willfbe scored for the man fin ishing first. two points for the mar finishing second, three points for tht man finishing third, and so on, unti all runners finish. Points scored b, Individuals who are not officially named as members of a team will no count for their organization in com piling the team score, but the med als listed above will be awarded tht individuals who win then, regardless of whether or not they are officia members of any team.
 "Entries-Entries will only be re ceived from colleges. clubs and othel organizations who are members O. the Southeastern Association of th' | Amateur Athletic union, and all run ners must be registered in thu I A. A. U.
 "Note-For information as to mem bership in the Southeastern Associa' ton of the Amateur Athletic union write J. E. Ball, Jr, secretary, car' | Atlanta Athletic club, Atlanta, Ga,
 Entry Fee-An entry fee of 2l cents per man will be charged"