The Washington times., 1924-07-12

1t may be that Hannes Koleh.
mainon, winner Of the Antwerp race
in 1920, will lead our champion
home. However, in the event he
does win, he will know that so far
as distance running is concerned
the Yankees are not so far wrong
in their methods as some would
have the fans believe them.
De Mar is the hope of this coun-
try. If he can win, our present
training methods will be fully vim
dictated. A defeat will be a sad
blow to our stars and coaches.
A glance over our record in pre-
vious Olympic marathons is not re-
assuring of the system of running
or training that our former repre-
sentative have been put through.
Johnny Hayes, the slight lad
who represented the famous Irish
American A. G. in the London
Marathon was the only Yankee to
score a victory in six past races.
Hayes won only because DOrandO
was disqualified by the officials
because of some spectators lend
ing him a helping hand in the
closing yards of the race.
Since then we have never been
In the running. Out OF six that
represented US at Antwerp, only
three finished. ]. L. Argan was
timed in hours Al minutes and
80 seconds. He was assigned to
seventh place in the final ratings.
C. Under, who is one OF the SIX
that will represent Uncle Sam In
the Colombes Stadium, was given
eleventh place at Antwerp. His
time was hours "A minutes ana
Fl 1-5 seconds.
G. Mellor, another of our present
Yankee team, was tWel1th at Ant
Werp. He was minute ana nine
seconds behind his ELIMINATE.
The methods that DE Mar mas
pursued are rather unique. This
athelete is thirty-s1X years OF age.
He has been marathon running for
the past twelve years. Some OF the
most important distance events OF
the past ten years have been won
by this veteran star. His latest
feat Of taking the Boston marathon
was in itself enough to give him a
chance in the Olympic event in
Paris.
Since his arrival in Paris the
Yankee star has taken wonderful
care of himself. He has trained
hard and well under the watchful
eye of Mike Ryan, Colby College
trainer. The latter is one OF the
best mentors in the world to han.
die distance men.
A star of the very first magni-
tude himself, he has made an in
tensive study of distance running.
His experience and knowledge is
going to prove an asset to his Yam
kee pupils tomorrow.
De Mar is a printer. He resides
at Melrose, which is about eight
miles distant from Boston. In the
latter place De Mar works. He is
a member of a large printing estab-
lishment. He obtains his training
to work. and return. By this method
he puts in sixteen miles of road
way each day.
1t is said that even the wo1 ST
strains of the winter do not keep
De Mar from taking his daily jog.
Those VINO know him say that in
the past three years he has not
missed more than four days of
running.
The determination that made him
stick to distance running is COINS
to prove an advantage to him to-
morrow. He will test his speed and
stamina with such tars as Hannes
Kolehmainon, Jeri Lossman, &C rs
thonia, who finished second at Ant
werp; Ell Ouafi, of French Morocco;
August Broos, of Belgium, who
was fourth in the Antwerp event;
Albin Stenroor, of Finland, and the
others from the twenty-five nations
named to compete in the test.