Evening star., 1933-05-10
Nationals Bod Medicine Former Mates Marathon Managers Get Early Start
EVENING STAR RACE
OFFICIALS NAMED
A. A. U. Leader Sees Title
Contest Here June II
as Great Show.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.


TINE second annual Washing
Star Marathon for the Ma
i tional A. A. U. champion
ship will be held on Satur-
day, June II, more than a month
hence, but arrangements for that
colorful show today virtually were
complete.
This" said Jerry Looney, chairman
OF the District A. A. U. Distance Run
ming Committee, following meeting
of A. A. U. leaders last night, lis to be
one OF the greatest marathons ever held
anywhere anytimei"
But he was late with that. The same
prediction a week ago fell from the lips
Of the grand mogul of marathon affairs
| Of the country. Harold Arson BNce of
New York. chairman of the National
A. A. U. Long-Distance Committee.
A S an official at several national con-
"A tests in recent weeks, Bruce sound
ed out scores Of barriers on their
prospects of competing in The Star
marathon and, according to him, the
leather -lunged lads are looking more
eagerly to the race here than to any
other national championship in many
years. 10,
Bruce is quoted as saying: Marathon
running is having its greatest boom of
modern times and look for a brilliant
year to reach its climax in the race at
washington. The long distance rum
nerS are getting faster and faster.
When Juan Zabala cracked the
world record to win the Olympic mara
thon. few of us thought we had an
American who could come near equaling
his time. At that time We didn't have.
but now. less than year sfterward, one
of the Yankees not only equals zabalas
performance. but outclasses it.
In winning the Boston marathon
last month, Leslie Pawson was up
against sitter conditions than was Ia
bala at Los Angeles. The Argentine
ran over practically level course and
In weather that seemed perfect for him
it was bit too cold, some of the
others complained. But Pawson gal
loped up and down many a hill and
all the way In the teeth Of q biting
wind"
VET, In spite Of his world record time
1 of hours 81 minutes and 135
seconds for the 26 miles 385 yards,
FdWSOnS VlcLory was nOt easily earned.
Only toward the very end was he safe
from the gritty Canadian who finished
second, Komonen. Some say had Ko-
monen planned his race differently he
| might have won. He figured Willie
Kyronen the man to beat and ran ac-
cordingly Paul De Bruyn. in The Eve
ming Star marathon last August,
thought Billy Agee the lad to whip
and stuck with the Baltimorean for
many blistering miles. At the end Of
Is Agee pulled up lame, but he had
set pace which ruined De Bruyn. This
German had nothing left for a finish
ing sprint. A man of great deter
mination. De Bruyn is coming back to
vindicate himself
William E. Russell, president Of the
District of Columbia A. A. u, today
made public the list of officials for the
race. The lineup varies little from that
which managed the 1882 contest in such
manner as to win back the National
A. A. U. championship for the National
Capital.
The officials:
Referee-Winfree E. johnson.
Chief judge-William E. Russell.
Judges. Kip Edwards, Richard
Newly. Elmer Hardell.
Chief timer-James Springnan.
Timers-D. C. Grain, Edward Beckett,
Alfred Conradis. Ben LeFevre, Kari
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