Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-21
OFFICIALS NAMED
/ FOR MAY 50 RACE
sheppard Honorary Referee.
| Police Have Big Task
| Handling Traffic.
BY ROD THOMAS.
BY ROD IHOMAS.
IKE the Army, with four men
behind the firing line for every


| behind the firing line for every
one on it, The Evening Star
- marathon Memorial day, a
| idnal Olympic tryout with the Ma
= tional A. A. U. championship at stake,
will have several Woodworking in
dividuals in back of it for every
runner in it.
Scores of A. A. U. officials, police
men, emergency frst-aid corps men,
bers. playground directors. newspaper
men. radio men and Y. M. C. A. and
American Automobile Association en-
Eployes will have busy afternoon
Ehile the crack distance runners of
North America pound the road from
Mount Vernon to the White House.
officials for the race were named
et meeting last night of the District
chapter of the A. A. U, of which Will
liam E. Russell is president.
Sheppard Honorary Referee.
MELVIN w. SHEPPARD of New
AA York, chairman of the Long
distance Running Committee of the
National A. A. u, was named honorary
referee. Sheppard at one time was
one of the worlds greatest middle
distance runners. In the 1908
Olympics he won the 800 and 1900
meter races.
r Winfree Johnson, secretary of the
District A. A. U. and athletic director
of the Public Welfare and Recreation
Association, will be the referee.
Two of the most important jobs went
10 Yank Robbins, who will be clerk OF
the course and Earle Weeks, who will
handle the scoring and other paper
work" with Harry Helm of the Mu-
nicipal Playground staff as assistant
scorer.
OF no less responsibility will be the
Job of Joseph Seipel chief checker
E. Joseph Aronoff for the fifth
straight year will be the marshall.
Russell Is Boss Judge.
HEADING the judges will be Presi-
dent Russell, who will have as
assistants James A. Sullivan of the
District A. A. u, J. Frank Facey and
George V. Browne of the New England
A. A. U. and Bill Schlobohm OF
Yonkers. N. Y, the three latter repre-
senting the Olympic Committee.
Long Jim Sprigman, as usual, will
have charge of the timers.
DR.. John F. Preston of The Evening
: Far clinic will direct the physical ex-
eminations with DR.. D. G.. Davis as
rhlef assistant.
Bernie CasSell of the Emergency
First Aid Corps drew the vital assign
ment of director of first aid. He will
nave probably dozen relief stations
along the route.
The municipal playground staff,
with Dick Tennyson in charge, again
HTill have men at the turning points
TO see that no runner loses his way,
Traffic Job Is Tough.
Ar ALPH FOSTER, physical director
Of the Y. M. c. A., which will
be race headquarters. was named
chairman of the Reception Commit
tee, and Ven Speaker of R. Harris
IL Co, custodian of prizes.
Heading the Traffic Committee will
be Inspector Lamb of the Traffic Bu-
reau, Capt. Patrick ]. Carroll of the
National Parks Police and Capt. John
Arnold, chief of police of Alexandria,
and what a problem confronts them.
Bill Coyle of Station WMAL will
direct radio arrangements and will
describe the race over coast forecast
fook-up of the National Broadcasting
Co. A feature of the radio program
will be the presentation of the cham
pionship trophy and talk by DR..
Hans Luther, German Ambassador to
the United States.