The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
Richter To Try To Win Annual Race Fifth Time

How long is lopkevity? How fast is' faster? Can Ellsworth Richter win that Birmingham Athletic club road race again this year? These are the main queries of the Magic City sporting world, as the Birmingham Athletic clubs thirteenth annual road race looms in the near future. rha--event will be run through the streets of Birmingham, Saturday. December Is. and with the race only two weeks off. interest Is fast grow ing.
 Ellsworth Richter, who has been dubbed the road dog of the Dirming- ham Athletic club, has won the last four races and his Blue teammates are making plans to celebrate his fifth consecutive victory. The lanky one seems not to mind the inroads of Father Time at all, and today he can lope around the track with as much ease and speed as he ever could.
 c. W. (BilD Sire, Jr., founder of the race a dozen years ago, is still managing the affair, and to his eff. forts the success of the Birmingham Athletic clubs annual cross country event is due. From a purely sec tional affair, the Birmingham Ath- letic clubs road race has advanced to the front in Dixie cross country cir cles, and today is regarded as one of the classics of track events in the south. 7
 Classic Entry List.
 This years entry list is expected to include runners from some of the largest schools in Dixie, including Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, Georgia Tech. Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Clem- son, Mississippi A. & NJ, Chatta- nooga, Birmingham Southern. At 1anta Athletic club and Birmingham Athletic club. e
 Coach Erwin has a very promising squad from which to choose his team, including the mi -hty Richter Bill Haskins, the McDougall twins, Bill Chestnut, Glenn Laughinhouse and Chancey. This Chancey is new man, but will bear watching, for in his workouts he has shovn the stuff.
 The following extract from the entry blank gives further details on the race:
 Distance and place-Three miles through the streets of Birmingham.
 "Prizes--A silver loving cup. Niven by the Birmingham News, will be awarded to the organization whose team finishes first, to be held by them one year It is to be defended by the winner from ear to year. ahd when wen three times by the same organization will become it's prop erty. The individual who finishes first in the race will be awarded a gold medal, the .second man silver medal and a bronze medal will be given to the next eight men finish ing. Silver medals will be given each member of the winning team.
 The Southeastern Ameri, n Amateur Union trophy, given by A. M. Shook, IT,, will be the property Of tho tear. winning the Southeastern American Amateur Union cham pionship.
 The Birmingham Athletic club southern conference championship trophy will be awarded to the first conference team finishing in the Bir- mingham Athletic club annual road r..ce. (Any conference team or it's members competing for this trophy should be eligible according to the southern conference rules.)
 "Teams-Each team will consist of six men and the points of the first five men to finish will be counted for the team prize.
 Scoring for team prize-One point Q ishing first, two against the second man. thfee against the third, etc, and the team whose five men have the lowest total number of points will receive the team prize. Posi- tions of contestants who are not en- tered for a team prize and positions of contestants representing a club which does not finish a full team of five men and positions of contestants who finish behin the fifth member of their team, shall not be counted. Only college teams will be scored in. the competition for the intercolle- giate trophy
 Clubs and colleges competing for Southeastern American Amateur union cross country championship must be members of the Southeast ern American Amateur Union and all runners must be registered mem bers of the American Amateur Union. Note-For club or college member ship in the Southeastern American Amateur Union, write Fg.-nk A.. Kopf, 76 Mayson avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
 Entries close December 8, with s. w. Streit, Jr, Birmingham Athletic club, Birmingham. Ala. Entry fee of 25c per man will be charged.
 Race starts D. m., sharp. Sixth avenue and Twentieth street. north." ETEIn TnTAT Tn