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Show MARATHON RACE MAY BE REDUCED New York. Jan. US The local registration reg-istration committee of the Amateur Athletic union in an announcement made today states that if the weather Is below 20 degrees on February 12 the distance of the marathon race of the Fourteenth regiment must be reduced re-duced to twenty miles The commit tee also decided that hereafter all athletes who compete in road runs In cold weather will be compelled to wear clothing that will keep them w arm Last year and in 1913, February 12, the thermometer hovered around the zero point. So severe was the weather that many of the athletes who competed in the Seagate marathon were picked up along the road and isent to nearby hospitals to thaw out. To prevent a repetition of this tlv committee made the new rules. |