Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 18 | Marathon Retained in Olympic Games

MARATHON RETAINED IN OLYMPIC GAMES NEW YORK. Nov. 24. The Marathon race will not be eliminated from the Belgian Bel-gian Olympic games, according to word received tonight by the Amateur Athletic association. It nai announced that the race, left out of tiie program drafted several sev-eral months ago. had won back Its place throusch the united protect of several European Eu-ropean nations, who expect to secure poitits In this event. Belgian authorities of the Olympic gn DBAS) In failing to shnctlon the ra- had explained that it was "too trying on human hu-man endurance." and was, in fact, "a specie of torture."