Evening star., 1936-05-04
15-M|LE VICTORY
/ PROVES METTLE
StonewaII CIuhman Looks
to Evening Star Race.
Title to Mitchell.
BY ROD THOMAS.

~Y VIRTUE OF victory in one
l. of the toughest distance races
ever run In this section, yes
- terday's District A. A. U. Is
mile test in Potomac Park, Charles
CBucky) Miller of Baltimore's Stone
wall Democratic Club, mail carrier,
today was regarded as a formidable
contender for the national marathon
championship to be decided May 80
in the annual Evening Star contest,
the winner of which will represent
the United States in the Olympics.
Runners from New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington to
the number of 43 started, but only 27
finished as the Unexpectedly warm,
humid weather sapped the stamina OF
all. Two former national marathon
champions, Bill Agee and Clyde Mar
tax OF Baltimore, were among those
who dropped from the grind.
T. Was the frst time that Asee svs,'
iscAsd up in a Washington lace sne
scdnoins Billy las run many, winning
nearly s!l. e-ine ia.orlIe suo 10 Sltn
ne l:aosts tor 81. miles, tas SLons@an
StAr suddenly dropped out.
'Thi: Is too hot for me-" he ex-
planned with a tired grin.
Martak, post entry and not in
top condition, had quit much earlier.
Carnegie Runs Second.
CHARLES CARNEGIE of the Ma
tivity Club of Philadelphia finished
second. a minute and six seconds be-
hind Miller, whose time was l hour
IS minutes and 50 seconds.
Strong Bill Wilson of the Philadel-
phia Passon A. A., one of the men to
watch in the May 80 classic, trailed
Miller by only few yards going into
The last mile, but wilted in the heat
and came in third, several minutes
behind Carnegie.
Young George Martak upheld the
prestige Of the well known running
family Of Baltimore by finishing a
creditable fourth.
The Evening Star trophy was pre-
sented to Miller, with William E. Rus
sell, president of the District A. A. u,
doing the honors.
The gold medal, emblematic of the
District championship, went to a new
conner to distance running, Louis Nit
chell, P. w. A. employe attached to
the Virginia Avenue Playground, who
was ninth in 1:49:47. 1t was Nit
cheu's second endurance test, he hav-
ing finished eighth in the Easterwood
Democratic run in Baltimore in
March. Yesterday he represented the
Southeast Business Mems Association.
Dewhurst Strong Again.
"A RTHUR DEWHURST of the Y. M
C. A., former District of Columbia
marathon champ, out of competition
for two years due to illness, looked
plenty healthy, trailing Mitchell across
the finish line at the Patomac Park
tourist camp.
Agee, Miller, Carnegie, Wilson and
the New York German-American
Clubs Joe Kleinerman started out to
make it a five-man race and only a
yard separated any two of them after
half the distance was run. Then Agee.
and a little later Kleinerman, called
it day, and bad one, leaving Miller,
Carnegie and Wilson to fight it out in
Furnishing struggle difficult to under
stand.
The Passon A. A. of Philadelphia,
with three men in the first eight, won
the team trophy, with Wilson second,
DR.. George Leibsrman, an M. D. sixth,
and Charles Otero eighth. Second
team honors went to the Baltimore
c. c., third to the Stonewall Demo-
cratic Club and fourth to the Wash
ington Track and Field Club.
Mel Porter of the German-American
A. c., rated a co-favorite with Agee,
scratched