Show i I ri I i 1 ho in inMost Still the Craze raze i iJ Most Popular Athletic Event Many Races Scheduled 11 t I lIE HE athletic world In this coun country countr country suffering from a n 1 try tr In surely surety J T severo attack of marathon This disease Is Iii now DOV In Ini i Its acute form orm In nearly every overy big bl been aro nN going to bo ho city thu have or hold many mn long distance races In eov so v J k oral emi titles In the cast Marathon clubs have boon beon formed fanned and weekly races are held In act fact no athletic moot moet Is Marathon con cont Mt 1 j complete without a n on tho the program Tho Tim revival roIal al of oC this th famous Greek Gr k classic was started l In Inthis last summer Mummer when John Johnny Johnny this thin country I 1 1 ny fly Mayes M defeated ted Dorando In fI v London In tho famous Olympic event mall and ml renewed Impetus was given tho the movement when tho pair met mot In New NewYork e York last Thanksgiving eve Many Man I new now stars have been discovered and Uld I j now America Amoric Is la In lino IIno to take tako from England Fn land tho events on which they the have havo held a 0 monopoly for many man years long distance running Within tho last fow ow months wo we have havo had all kinds of ot Mara atar Marathons thons Ico skating canoeing rowing walking bicycling roller skating andi and andone i ono one real Nal novel ono which was held hold t I aboard a United States warship 1 All Star Race April 3 J As Aa a n climax to this seasons pro professional 1 a es gamo sumo an nn all al star Marathon raco race has hM been arranged that should E for a timo at nl least leant tho cham clam championship championshIp of tho world This big event eventIs 1 Is to be held heM at nt tho the Polo grounds Now 1 I York Tork April 3 Tho competitors In this I 1 contest conte t will bo ho Alfred Eng I f lands great distance runner Tom Toni Tomi i Longboat tho the Indian Dorando r the tho Italian and Johnny Hayes tho thol thoI l I t American Matt Maloney formerly of oC Ireland but now of Now York and II I I I John who recently arrived In this country may also alco start In tho the thoI I I big bl race t Tho The mooting meeting of ot tho sextet In tho final I contest of oC tho year on the first Satur Saturday SaturIn Saturday day In April will wilt bo be tho big event ofa of oC a 1 f i the tho season I With such runners on tho track the Ute I contest will wilt bo almost as much one of at atI t I j headwork as of at endurance It prom promises I ices to bo tho most Interesting running J contest tho tiro world has ha over ever seen All AllI I of oC tho the men w will havo hoo had experience I I nt III tho the distance and a 0 masterful exhibition ex exhibition t of o Jockeying Is sure suro to be bo seen r I When mot tho the Indian It was wasI I the first Marathon He lie never nover had run farther tarther than fifteen I miles but at nt that distance ho he hela Is probably probably J I ably abl without a n poor peer today has always been to toI I find a man In tho tiro world barring Ap ApI I of ot England who can enn him a araco at araco t raco at ten or fifteen miles Ho has hns been boating beating men In relays In this and f other countries In fact tact his great ability has kept him from rom making much money mone Tho The Longboat raco race was wasi i his ails first big bl paying match j Tho Tim Italian may be bo the least liked of or ortho tho four tour as tho winner of oC tho the contest owing to his propensity to uso use bad Judgment and run nun himself out before the tho for tor the final sprint But Do Dorando Dorando rando has learned a lot since his ar arrival rival In this country countr He showed great cat catI I headwork In his last raco race with Hayes Despite tho fact that ho has 1119 been I cast In the tho shade owing to his hiD two i defeats by Dorando Johnny Hayes stilt has any an number of oC admirers who think ho can cnn defeat tho Italian not Indoors Indoor but out In tho open air They Thoi claim tho the Inhaling of tho and dust dUlit In the recent raco with Dorando I greatly with his breathing apparatus Tho Tha Indian will 11 undoubtedly bo be tho the favorite for tho tiro big event Ho has been running In superb form during tho the winter and his two easy enS victories over oer Dorando and end the tho ono one over have mado made him look Invincible to toman many man Boston Run April 19 Many an amateur races aro scheduled to tobo tobo tobe bo be held In tho the near future futuro The Tho first of these to take tako Is tho the Boston amateur event April 10 19 1 This race Is Isan isma an nn annual event and Is always held on Patriots day All of oC tho the best amateurs aro entered In this classic r and a good goal raco should result It was wao In this thin event that Tom Longboat now tho champion professional Marathon I runner mado tho the fastest time ever re ro recorded corded over ocr the tho full distance 26 miles mlles i yards ard that of 2 hours hour 22 2 minutes Owing to some somo so mo technicality the tho time was not accepted by tho Amateur Ath letlo association Preparations aro well under way to mako make tho the run the tho most successful Success Cui over ever held In that sec section i tion tionA A novel Idea will bo ho Introduced In that electric drays dros will follow tho the run runners runners ners nors ready read to pick up the tho men In tho event of oC their succumbing to tho pace paco St Louts Louis Is busy making arrange arrango arrangements ments mods for Its ILs annual Marathon race which Is scheduled for far or May Mo 1 All the prominent western long distance men ha have vo promised to enter and tho com corn Is attempting to the tho en entries entries entries tries of or prominent runners of tho the east I Sidney Hatch who has hrut won tho the event for tor tho the last two years Alex of o Chicago and Joseph Forshaw of oC St StLouis StLouIs StLouis I Louis have hae expressed their Intentions I of competing comp All Southern Event I f An all southern Marathon open to any amateur In tho south Douth Is to bo be a II I feature of oC tho the trl state fair In to Mom Mem Memphis I IphI phI Tenn Tonn next fall and It will be bo tho the I crowning event of oC an nn elaborate pro program program gram m of oC athletic features which It Is III I hoped will attract tho cream of oC the I amateur talent of oC the tho entire Dixieland Tho all southern louthern Is to be bo for tor ama amateurs tours and Its management will be In I trusted to Professor ProCessor J Louis Day DR of or ortho tho Memphis Y M C A Invitations will be bo cent to all amateur athletic as ns associations In Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkan Arkansas sas ens Louisiana Texas Florida Virginia and the tho Carolinas Carolines Colleges and Y M MC t tC C An AR A a will be urged to enter representatives In tho the race A handsome trophy probably a n cup CUD will bo be awarded tho the winner which will carry with It tho championship of or tho the south History of Marathon Running Thirteen years ago abo tho the first of or the tho modern Olympiads was teas held In Athens Athons Greece Grecco The first three men mien to finish In Inthe inthe the tho Marathon wore were Greeks Louis tho the winner was greeted h hy by a shout that reechoed for or miles around tho the ata uta stadium Thousands of or foreigners who wore were represented at that International meet moet acclaimed Louis a hero It Jl seem Reome seemed ed e proper that a Greek Creek should win that classic event the tho Marathon run And nd when whon two other Greeks followed Louis across tho the line lino In tho the stadium It seemed to bo ho definitely settled bottled that In Greece the greatest distance runners In Inthe inthe the tho world were bred It was tho revival ot of the tho Olympic games at Athens In 1806 1696 that created tho recrudescence of Interest In long distance running as its a n competitive I sport Truo tho English Er lIsh revived tho most moat ancient and most mOlt simple of oC ath nib loth letlo sports about seventy years ago Prizes were offered of In competitions all nil allover allover over the country countr and from Cr m that time until tho the present England has pro produced produced produced moro more good runners than any ll other country countr Tho Englishmen go In moro more for tor distance running than for fast work as can bo be easily seen Been from close scrutiny qC of all tho the records for Cor distance from ono one mile up to twenty After the 1896 1596 event In Athens Athons tho world evinced an Interest In Marathon running Many countries participating In tho Olympiad took look up this branch of oC sport and In these theM countries a n new generation of ot runners was born Prior to this no ono In tho United Stat offered prizes for tor men mon doing dolnE the Marathon distance of oC 20 26 miles SS a yards Now tho the Marathon Is I tho the most moist J talked of ot raco Taco In tn tho the 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