Evening star., 1932-08-15
LONE MAJOR TITLE
UNDECIDED FOR g
De Bruyn, De Mar and Strong
Canadian Squad Will Be
Early Arrivals.

M becomes the mecca Of
v Y the Nations distance
runners with scores of
them to gallop 26 miles 385 yards
next Saturday for the National
A. A. y. championship in The Eve
ming Star Bicentennial Marathon.
Olympics out of the way, no other
major running title to be contested this
year, the barriers have their full atten-
ton focused on the Mount Vernon-to-
the White House test and it promises
to be one of the greatest races of its
kind ever held in this country.
Probably never before have so many
marathon runners been in excellent
condition, due to the unparalleled
amount of competition this Summer in
spired by the Olympics and 1t appears
that all who can rake ur the where
vithal either are Washing ston- bound or
soon to be- Not few are hltcn-
hiking and training on the way.
A MONG the early arrivals will be
IA Paul De Bruyn, German cham
pion. who Is bent upon scoring his
second major triumph in America. He
won the famous Boston Patriots day
marathon at Boston and number OF
lesser distance races before. coming
a-cropper in the Olympics. His hear!
is set upon beating the world record
established by Juan Carlos Zabala IN
the Los Angeles race.
De Bruyn will arrive from the west
Coast Wednesday night and THURSDAY
will t1nd him trotting along the course
which includes in the main the Mount
Vernon highway. the Speedway, Ell
liuse and Constitution and Pennsyl-
yania avenues, with swing around
the Capitol.
Clarence De Mar, another prime fav-
orite, will arrive about midweek from
Harrison, Me, where he has been IN
charge Of a Summer camp. In recent
communication the illustrious veteran
announced himself in fettle. Tor Dig
effort TO regain the national crown -.
JIMMY HENIGAN, first American
across the victory line in the Bos-
ton marathon, has entered Dus
hasn't announced when he VIII appear.
The Canadian delegation, headed by
Percy Wyer, Is to leave Toronto tcday
or tomorrow with a squad OF seven Al
conditioned runners, including several
formidable aspirants to first honors.
Wyer is among these.
The lads from the Far North are bent
upon taking home the first team prize
and il they do it will be the thirteenth
time in seven years their club, the
Monarch A. C. of Toronto, has won
team honors in major marathons. Team
competition Saturday will be on three
man basis. the fewest points scored
against any three fellow clubmen as
determined by their places at the fin
ish to decide the issue.
DIG marathons are held annually in
ID Canada, Boston. Detroit, Buffalo
and Port Chester, N. Y, and the
Monarchs have carried off the team
prize in all They have won the Ca
radian championship for the last four
years They captured the trophy at
Detroit in 1926. 1929 and 1880; won at
Boston in 1881, at Buffalo in 1925,
Montreal, 1926, and Port Chester in
1928 and 1881.
The Monarch team next Saturday
will be made up of Percy Wyer, Alex
Burnside, Vic Callard Joe Pearson,
James Shaw. Bill Spencer and Jimmy
Bartlett, with a possibility that Dave
Komonen, Johnny Cuthbert,' Ronald
Mayne and Manley Stark also will COM
pete.
r TITLE PERCY wYER, weighing SO
l. and said to be the smallest track
star in the world, has the stuff
to get home in front II he has good
day. He is a veteran with whom the
years have dealt lightly. Following Is
his record on the big time since 1915.
with the races named in the order Of
his finish: go