Evening star., 1935-05-30
BRILLIANT FIELD
RACES SATURDAY
Twelve Winners Of Major
Contests Will Strive tor
National Title.
Ry ron THOMAS

Al Al PNF.ST W. Brown.
N Washington head rcl1re-
man. will Are he starting
gun when cne NJ he 2reatel
Acids NJ dlsta nre runners eve, assarn-
bied leaves MOUNT Vernon Saturday
m he furnishing test NJ IS miles 3as
wards in he fourth annual Evening
Star marathon for the National A A
=. cha mpjonshIp.
The ma ior accepted ne assignment
today and At the same time organized
large detail of hluecoaIS 10 assist in
The handling of the race. DlIe 10 the
co-ope ration Of the Metropolitan. Pub.
lie Parks and AleXa ndria Police. with
,Ioe Arsnof of The District A, A. L. as
'he ciVillsn MARSHAL, he Washington
marathon, according 20 rhe runners.
Is he best conducted from The stand.
point Of protectioD Of sny IN he
cnDnrrv
From Mount Vernon 70 me Wine
House. with lhe route Encompass ne
?. large section 6f he Capit al the
runners viii have complete right II
FaV.
Fieid spa With Gas
OFFICIALS NJ me 1nterna Iona
Marathon Runners Association.
which will hold IT'S annual convention
IN connection with The Stars rare.
said todav The field would be one nj
me finest in rhe history of distance
running. No less Than dozen men
Uho have won ma ior ma hons u,iIl
ne among ihe ccrtesLantS They are
Dave Komopen. defending champion
Bill Steiner, who returned several day,
ago from Palestine. where he won he
Jewish OLYMPIC marathon: Mel fcr-
ter. Percy WVeT. Pat Den21s, Al Mon
teVerde, Fred Ward. Paul De Bruvp.
German champion. Whitley MicheIsen
Bill Kennedy. Jim Rarrlett and 2. LEE
There are several men romire
here" said Abra ham lincoln Nome
verde of los Angeles, president nj The
International Marathon Runners A..
ISOLATION. determined IN run theu
feet of 10 yin This race Amon2 rhen
are Dave komonen sDo Pal Dengiy
Look for something unusual
Komonen and Den2is are he lead.
ing favorites. KomoDen. born in Fin
land and now a resident Of SUDBURY.
Ca ansds. has uou The Star race for
Two wears. Deneis despite Stirch"
IN his side finished second th,S YEA
IN he Boston Psgrio's daV mara non
p. G. G. HaS Big Entry.
TIE largest group nnyV IN ne
contest came JodaV from he Ral-
tlmore Cross Country Club. II in
rhided Daniel x Younger. lanes l.
Morrison. Eugene Newton. lohn e
Booker, william Follmer, Barry n J.
Heaps John Anthony Beares. r. VIII
son Rich, RAYMOND Weinreich. John
Ambrose Baker. ,Iohn T. NuItv. leo
F. Curran. jr.. and a Edwip Schmidt
l3 of en-
Not large. out formidable is me
entry of The neadophrook Athletic
Club. which iso arrived 1odsv. Eep-
reSenrlng the OuakerS will he Will
liam Wilson. Rooert Willouer An
drew Folen and George herman. all
Of whom have shown class n re
cent races
The latest recognzed star 70 send
IN his entry Is Inn Bartlett ot Lshaus
Canada, a runne. who has moved
steadily 10 The from within he last
wear and one. accordlne 10 the har-
riers. who one dav vii! be a cham
pIon.
Dave Domonen is expected here @
morrow night. sonS with >epera
members of the famous Monarch
Athletic Club of Toronto The 6namr
will represent rhe Frood Mine Ath
letic Association of nIckel-mlning
Sudbury. He ircveied 300 miles he
fore joining The Monarch party
Dave is coming 20 Washington "a
The guest 1sll expenses. pai6l nf ths
Capitals Firms His presence n tbs
contest NAV oe strrihuted 10 Emil
Peterson. contra cior. who rslsed The
HhereNirhal. q. large part of II com
iuR from his own b. T.