Evening star., 1933-06-04
Predicts He'll Win Marathon Open Tourney Course Offers Crueg Test
GERMANS STRONG
IN STARS GALLOP
De Bruyn viii Help Teuton
Cause in Attempting to Re-
deem '32 Defeat.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.
r LILLIAN STEINER,

BY r. ID. THOMAS.
w VILLAIN STEINER, ma
NA/ tional 20-mile champion,
v v is the next ruler of the
marathon field.
You have it straight from Bill
himself.
In a note received yesterday
announcing his entry in The
Stars second annual race, June
II, for the National A. A. U. cham
pionship, the New York stenog-
rapher says:
Am coming down to your race on the
18th as a member of the German-Amer-
ican Athletic Club team along with
Paul De Bruyn and two other runners.
I'm in great form and expect to win.
That goes for the team, too"
Which is of particular interest to the
Monarch Athletic Club of Canada,
which holds the United States team title
by virtue of brilliant victory in The
Stars contest last Summer. Steiner's
message traied one from Ernie Wyer,
manager of the Monarch team.
.srTrHE team we have now," said
J. Wyer, without doubt Is the
greatest marathon combination
ever assembled. Perhaps you noticed
we won the Boston marathon team title
with no competition to speak of. Ours
is the only club which has ever held
the United States, Boston Patriots day
race and Canadian team championships
simultaneously. Every one Of our men
is in great shape, particularly Komonen,
who ran second at Boston, but has since
won several important races"
Team honors in marathon go to the
club which places three of its entrants
higher in the list of finishers than any
trio from any other club. Little Percy
Wyer led the Monarchs to victory in
The Stars gallop by finishing second.
Dave Komonen got second in the Bos-
ton classic to top the Canadians but, &C
cording to some Of the Far Northerners,
he should have won. He had the
strength and speed, they say, but used
poor Judgment in pace.
De Bruyn Is coming back to Wash
ington to redeem himself for disap-
pointing performance in the 1882 race
in which he finished third, though a
strong favorite to win. The German
champion, Inundated in his own eyes,
was the most glorious figure in that
dramatic contest. Three times he all
but collapsed near the finish only to
pull himself together and stagger on.
TIE BRUYN was at terrific disad-
- vantage that day. which, by the
way, was scorcher. He was not
fully recovered from the Olympic mar
athon in which he represented Germany
and the heat plus the exertion landed
him on a hospital cot.
This time he comes to Washington
not only well trained but rested and
that bodies no good for other stars IN
the race, of whom there will be many. |
Count among them William Steiner,
De Bruyn'S German pal.
Steiner ran strong race at Boston
for 19 miles then was forced out with
shoe trouble. He was never further
back than fourth. He trimmed some
great harirers for the Metropolitan New
York marathon championship and an
other crack field In the National ANA
teur Athletic Union 20-mile race.
And now, to quote Steiner, he Is in
the best shape Of his career. There is
no reason to doubt his sincerity when
he predicts triumph for himself in the
grand gallop a week from next Satur-
day