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Show pit com wn 1 Hill IIGE Salt Lake Runner Makes Remarkable Time Over Rough 11-mile Coisrse. Special to The Tribune. .SAX DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 1 T'tah retrieved re-trieved some of her laurels which were lost in tlie army-navy football same when Pat Coyne, a Utah man from trie Utah field hospital corns, today captured the great marathon over an eleven -mi ic course from CamT Kearny to fc'an Dicpo in the time of 1 hour and minutes. Covne finished 10 minutes ahead of the second man, Sherman Pethley, international interna-tional champion Ions-distance runner, ami pranced into the stadium containing 1 persons a few minutes hefore the footbail game started. He was greeted with cheers from the stands. Coyne finished the race with one lap around the stadium track and then sat , down to rest and await the next runner, i Pethlev burst into the stadium just as the football teams were lining up for plav. i The uneven course put the jinx on the i other starters and only the two men . named finished. More than twenty started. 1 Pethlev took the lead for the first seven miles and was breezing along easily when Pat appeared and challenged him. A bait mile sprint followed, with Coyne coming : out on too and taking the lead. He held . it until the end. Plis average time tor . the distance was 6 minutes and PJ sec- i onds. which is considered little less ihan ; wonderful on Account of the hilly cou so Covne is originally a N'c-w Yorker, biu ! .Lime to Utah two years aro. He- v.as : !a member of the Olymnm iea,n in PH..' I When war was declared he was employed - bv Keith-O'Brien company in Salt 1 ah.--' City and he signed up With the I'tah Iios- ; pital corps at once. Pat can do other tilings beside? run. : for 1?sh night he tangoed ot!' with tnc first priise at a prize waltz held in Paa 1 Diego. i |