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Show more Jin mm - II CITY IBM! j Thanksgiving Day Race Promises to Be Great Event for Runners. Forty runners arc already in training, and as many more are expected to enter in the second annual Deseret marathon to be run Thanksgiving forenoon, The. course has been lain out through the oity streets and the distance wili be approximately ap-proximately five miles. Almost ever school and college throughout the suit" will be represented with a team, and the valuable prizes otiered have a raw :. many individual entries from experienced experi-enced runners. Everv day brings in more signed blanks to director tieu Har-ker, Har-ker, and at least sixty men will pioh ably toe the mark for the long grind. Albert Warden, who is in charge ol 1 the West sine high school team, has en tered twenty men, and f Urn res on winning win-ning the team prize, so easily raptured bv the Desorct team in previous event.-. Yhe University of Utah will also be a ' strong contender tor the team trophy, as a large number of men are out every day and" training under the direction ft Coach Johnny Breathed, who has had much experience coaching along this line. Many unattached a thletes and (earn? from the L. D. S. U. and Kavt side high school will be seen in actio-!. Gym Runners Experienced. While the Peseret gymuaium has not as strong a team entered as it has had in previous races, its representatives should show keen competition for the individual pri;:o, as the gym runners are ( probably the most experienced men and have been over the course before. Tho hope ot the gymnasium at present is Ted Johnson, w ho is reported as being I in excellent condition, and a repetition of his - former races should put him 1 : among the leaders. New men who have ' been showing signs of becoming serious contenders are Ernest Marti, Thomas Jensen and Leonard Briuton. all of whom wiil represent the L'eserpt team. Alexander 0. Matt son of Eureka is also entered, and as he has won -un-eiderable fame throughout the east prior to coming to Utah, he is ricked by : many as a possible winner. It is snot that he has a wonderful record and has competed in prominent events in the east. The Agricultural college will be represented by Albert Fordham. Open to Amateurs. The event will be open to any amateur in the state who is registered with the A. A. U. Cards may be obtained from J. E. Birkenstock at the Spalding store, who is acting as locaJ representative during the absence of Dr. C. G. Pium-mer. Pium-mer. Entries will close November 24, and no entries or A. A. U. memberships will be considered after that date. Arrangements have been completed to 1 have the course patroled by members of the police department, and the entire ; ' distance will be kept clear of automobiles automo-biles and other vehicles during the race. The runners have been put to consid'-r- ' able trouble in former events by auto- i ' mobiles, and with this trouble elimi- ' nated better time may be expend, as tbe runners will not be nmpeUed to go i out of their course to avoid the -;n . t Following are some of the eariv en- ;i tries: ; Destret Gymnasium Ernest Marti, Thorn as Jensen, Ted Johnson, Leonard Brinton, 1 West side high William McDonald, Harry Warden. Douglas Bp-ly, Hubert ! Pascoe, Emerson Bennett. Simon Pa-r. Roy Jarman, George Coath, Otto M:ck- elson, Norman Alban. Harold Effingpr. Lewis Harvey, Owen Joups. IW'nis i Moses. George Kirk, Albert. Wardort, Jack O'Brien. Bert Pj-ir Joseph Jto-l: Jto-l: gen, J. Rosenblum. : Agricultural college Albert Fordham. Unattached A. G. Matt-on, Irving .! Coleman. |