Evening star., 1932-08-14
TROPHIES, MEDALS
F0REVERY RUNNER
Survey Completed for Course
for A. A. U. BicentenniaI
Race Here Saturday.

ITO the victor belongs the
spells, but not all of them
i in the instance of The Eve
ming Star Bicentennial
Marathon for the National A. A.
U. championship, to be run next
Saturday over the Mount Vernon
highway and the streets of WASH
ington. For the last man to fin
ish, as well as the first, will receive
a prize.
It's no mean achievement to run
26 miles 385 yards, particularly on an
August afternoon, and any entrant
who goes the route Saturday will have
something to show for it. If he's
among the first IL Americans he will
receive a trophy; If among the next
10, a silver medal and any position
thereafter viii gain him a bronze
medal.
THE most elaborate layout Of prizes
i ever offered for single race in
this city will hearten the runners
for the long, grueling contest. All the
prizes viii be given by The Star with
one exception.
DR.. George c. Havenner, executive
vice president Of the District George
Washington Bicentennial Commission,
announced last night the commission
would present a gold medal to the
first Of its entries to finish.
The commission, at the beheSt OF
DR.. Havenner, Is sponsoring the ap-
pearance of Paul De Bruyn, German
champion; Clarence De Mar, most IA
nous of American marathoners; JIM
my Henigan, first Yankee across the
finish line in the classic Boston mara
thon. and seven members OF the crack
Monarch Athletic Club of Canada,
whose ace is Percy Wyer, winner Of
many notable marathon victories, but
doubly conspicuous because of his size.
Wyer weighs q scant SO pounds.
THERE will be IS trophies and
i medals exclusive of medals award
ed for merely finishing.
The victor's trophy Is cup standing
81 inches, but a number of the other
awards almost match it in attractive
ness. Nearly all are different in design
and embelliShed by statuetteS of run
ners. The individual trophies number
IA, with two Of these exclusively for
| foreign entrants. There will be two
| team trophies Silver medals will 60 to
the runners finishing from thirteenth
to twenty-second.
Besides trophies, the first three to
reach the finish at the Zero Milestone
will receive regulation A. A. u. cham
| pionship medals. gold, silver and bronze,
and the first three Washington runners
,xyiII la1 rrfkI iaf
medals Of gold, silver and bronze.
a SURVEY Of the course was COM
n pleted yesterday by Richard M.
Ham of the American Automobile
Association, and maps will be published
within a day or two for runners and
spectators. There are many ideal spots,
shady and accessible, along the way,
but probably the best point Of vantage
will be at the finish, directly back Of
| the White House. Here the most inter-
esting part of the contest may be fol-
lowed and for considerable distance,
as the course includes a swing around
| the Ellipse.
Ham and his Three A assistants
measured The course no less than four
times to insure accuracy for, with one
of the strongest fields ever to run for
the national crown entered, national
or world record is not a remote possi-
bility. Bill Agee. the present United
States champion, holds the national
record Of hours 80 minutes 3245 sec
onds, which is a minute and a fifth of
second over the world mark estab-
liShed In the Olympics last Sunday by
Juan Carlos Zabala Of Argentina.
The entry list last night had reached
10. with about two-score cities repre-
| Sented.