Evening star., 1936-04-21

MARATHON HERE
NOW IS NEW GOAL
Brown, Boston Victor, Near
Collapse Three Times.
Kelly Is Fourth.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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~ OSTON, April 21.-Marathon
- runners with Olympic hopes
/ today were looking to the Ma
- tional A. A. U. championship
race to be run in Washington May
80 under the sponsorship of The
Washington Star, following the sur
prise win of Ellison (Tarzan) Brown in
classic Boston grind yesterday. 1t will
be the final Olympic test.
Brown, a 22-year-old Narragansett
Indian from Providence. virtually
clinched himself place on the Olym-
pic team by covering the 26 miles.
1856 yards in the fast time of 2:33:4045.
For 20 miles Brown had the test
tucked away, but when he ran into the
rugged hills toward the end of the
Patriots day journey the favored
Johnny Kelley of Arlington came up
from three-quarters of mile behind
to pass him.
Then every time the Indian went
down grade he whitfield into the lead,
only to lose ground once more when
they hit another hill. Five times
within a mile the lead changed hands
in a nip-and- tuck struggle, while the
ma jor part of the $4,000 who lined the
course thrilled to the sensational battle.
Brown Comes to q Halt.
THE fifth time Kelley stopped dead
In his tracks and started to walk
1t was Tarzan's race, so it seemed, but
a mile and half from the bright yell
low worsted that was strung across
Exeter Street in front of the old
Boston A. A. Club House, Brown stag
gered and stood still.
BY this time Kelley was badly out
distanced and on the verge of collapse.
Only Billy Mcmahon of the Worces-
ter Running Club had chance to
overtake the faltering Brown and he
was good 800 yards behind. Tarzan
stopped and wavered in his path
teetering to the right and the left.
Water was splashed over his head
Tarzan perked up and started to run
again. But Mcmahon had cut the
margin from 800 yards to less than
a hundred. and when Brown started
anew. the Worcester lad began to walk
himself.
Suffers Another Attack.
A HALF mile further on Brown
halted once more. Water restored
him again. but he had not gone
much more than another quarter
mile when the blind staggers"
caught up with him for the third
time. Down the long lane of spec
tators could be seen Brown, Nc
Mahon and Kelley, the three lead
ers. All of them were walking.
Tarzan gritted his teeth and came
on for the third and last time. There
was no hesitation as he approached
the finish. He seemed as firm and
as strong as when he had started.
Kelley finished fourth, back of Nc
Mahon and Mel Porter.
The first 90 finishers:
Ellison lTarzan) Brown. Providence.
2-Wil!iam F. Mcmahon. Worcester.
3-MeI Porter New York. e:a5:4s.
Leg S g Giard' !1,.' Broekton. 2;36;l6as.
6-Alexander Burnside. Toronto. Ontario,
Earl Collins. Medford. a:sa:47.
S-Anthony Paskell, Lynn. 2:40:O.
a-Vic Callard, Toronto Ontar rio 2:40:25
1o-James M. Shaw. Toronto. Ontario.
11-Ausustus johnson. Port Chester. N.
1e-Cecil Hill. Beverly. e:44:o4.
13-John Paul. st. John, New Brunswick.
2:44:"4 tiled with HID.
14-Louis Young, Beverly, 2:46:I1
15-James Lewis Medford. 2:46:34.
l6-Clarence Demar. Keene N. H.. 2:49:OS.
17-Willtagmn Wiklund. Passaic. N J..
1s-Jsmes p Henigan. Medford. 2:5O:37.
19-Bill Kennedy. Port Chester. N. Y,
s:51:52.
2O-Robert Hamilton. Nova Scotia. e:52:Os.