Show t Marathon Winner Off Form for Fast Grind By BILL KING KINS BOSTON April 20 IP Cf Students fl Students of long-distance long running today were asking themselves just what Joe Smith the national A. A A. A U. U mar marathon thon champion wouldn't have done to the Boston BostonI BostonIA I IA A. A As A.'s ribbon blue-ribbon field if he really had felt fit fit I That year old Medford milk milkman milk 1 man so weakened by a recent in influenza influenza influenza in- in attack that he did not believe believe believe be be- lieve he could go more than 15 miles yesterday clipped 1 minute 37 5 2 seconds off the famed Hop- Hop kinton-Boston kinton course record while outdistancing t the e closest of his rivals b by more than a quarter mile His time for the 26 mile- mile yard classic was 2 hours 26 minutes 51 5 5 1 seconds My wife talked me into starting starting starting start start- ing and I had to win for her Smith explained I really did not expect to last more than 15 miles but once I got started I improved rapidly I felt great after 20 miles and when I realized that no noone noone noone one had passed me and saw the leaders coming back to me I just stepped out and ran away from them Lou Gregory the experienced Syracuse schoolmaster who pulled out at the start and battled with Johnny Kelley of Arlington the 1935 winner and Fred McGlone of Boston the pre race favorite for forthe forthe forthe the lead for 21 miles placed second in 5 5 3 just 15 seconds fast fast- p er than the record set by Ferard Cote of Montreal in 1940 Smith finished about two miles ahead of the third place winner Carl Maroney a fellow townsman Don Heinicke of Baltimore was fourth Kelley fifth and Cote Cote- sixth McGlone who wilted fast during the last five miles collapsed almost in sight of the finish line Although he tried to prevent policemen from helping him arise he was disqualified for receiving such assistance The other first 10 finishers were Bill and Michael OHara O'Hara of New York and Lloyd Bairstow Two other former winners alse started The year old Clarence larencE DeMar who has won the B BAA A A grind seven times finished in but Ellison Tarzan Brown of Westerly R. R I. I who lee bc leethe leethe the pack three years ago out at the halfway point x xIt It was Smiths Smith's second straight triumph in five marathon attempts at tempts He won the A A U race last fall on his try and he placed fifth and six sixteenth in his previous starts |