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Show I LONG DISTANCE CHAMPION I ENTERS Dili SIMILE CROSS I COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP RACE I Robert S Man in. western long-dls-i laaoe duunpton, with a lonp; string ot i lotoi i b, entered the bip six mile cross jl country championship race from North, Ogden lo Lori'i Parr pari: which will hp hold here ou November 11. today Martin is known Horn one end Of the I United States tn the other as a pol-1 ished runner nnd has met and defeated some of the biggest and best distance I men in the game. , Martin Started his career in Chi I caso in 1912 and since that time has I won BCOrej of races in various parts I of the United States. In 1!H2 he cap-j) cap-j) tained the championship University f lliiuois track and field team and won the two mile p-vent in the bis meet of the year He covered the -two miles in 9 minutes and 33 seconds. The I same year he met and defeated the I present national mile, half mile and two mile champion, Joie Ray, in B two-mil i event. This race was held in the summer sum-mer and both R-vy nnd Martin were I running as team mates in a meet stag-I stag-I ed at Chicaco. Wins Cross-Country Championship. Martin won the crosscountry eham-I eham-I pionshlp of Chicago In 1913 and de- tea ted some of the greatest stars in iho easL He covered the three-mile R course in 15 minutes and lj seconds, Which is near world record tinr . Leaving the University of Illinois he ' entered competition under the colors of the Illinois Athletic club and for) two years he showed a world of class In company with R:n. Leaving thp east, Martin went to San Francisco and nu t and defeated some of the i b'-st brf on the Pacific const He de- j r I ed such men ae Stout, Miller, and! Millard of the Olympic club oi Sun j Francisco in races ranging In distance j from 'Ik- 880-jard dash lo the ten-mile event He hat a record of f2 seconds j in th 4 10. a record of 2 minute.- flat in the 880-yard run. a record of 4 minute min-ute s and 2S seconds in the mile, a record rec-ord of 9 minutes and 33 seconds in the two-mile, a record of l.r minute- and 12 Becondfi tor three miles, a mark of ?6 minutes nnd 12 seconds jn the the-' mile run and a mark of 57 minutes for I the ten-mile route. Competes Under Many Colors. Martin lias competed under tho colon col-on of the University of Illinois, the Olympic club bl San Francisco and the colors of the Illinois athletic club of j ; Chicago. During the past year he has i competed under the colors of the Elks' club of Salt Lake and. although he has been out of the game for four years, he administered a come back and copped the western championship at Denver in June. 1919. At the service games at the state fair during the month of October, Oc-tober, Martin won the state five-mile championship and thereby annexed two titles. In the coming six-mile event he is the favorite to win the classli altnough he has to meet some stiff competition. Martin will represent the i Salt Lake Elks in the classic |
