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Show Robert Martin Enters Rose Carnival Races rjoh Martin, king of Intcrmonntaln dis-: dis-: tancc runners, has wired his entry In the 1 Rose tournament four-mile championship at Pasadena New Year's clay packed his I PTlp and purchased his round-trip ticket Which means that Utah will have a great trio of distance jinnhllators In the JTOUUg marathon which Is planned to finish hi the hlK stadium before 30.000 sport lovera awaiting the opening kick-off of the Harvard-Aregon gams . Ted Johnson and Mel Kreebairn arc already on the Job and well acclimated Martin the real ace when It comes to covering the distances, will arrive but on- da' before the meet, and wllh hut a week of training, too. But ho Is a veteran vet-eran and a maralhoner of proved ability and the coast steppers will havo to ho at their best to nose him out, despite his lack of condition Martin, who was In top-top shape, and would have given the pick of the land all they could have accommodated on Armistice day. when he easily copped the Otfden American L-ion abbreviated mar-athon, mar-athon, wired the Rose tournament committee com-mittee several times leKiirdinK1 the four-mile four-mile run. fHc was finally Informed Uiit it had been called off. whereupon In eased off in his training and abandoned his prac tice altOKether. until Informed to the contrary, and urped last week by the athletic authorities In charse of the race to enter. For the Inst week ho )r i-n romping through tbr mow .m- braving i the frost-laden atmosphere to try to -o-'B caln iii - condition v- terday morning II he stepped off a mile on the Indoor trac't I ol the Deeeret gymnasium in U53. 1 Though hla flrat attempt indoors in ee'.ii , yean and handicapped hy the lack ot re Ml. nee in the Indoor track, tho llttl i I i I 'I king surprised his timer by the C9ise I with which he H The flral thirtj lo finish are to c-et I box frc-ntx . i ' tb" big ir.ime I want a I closeup of thai battle." was as far I I Martin would rommltt himself. H Tli Salt I-ike Elks are -"nding Mir- H ti-i v. ho ha nlreads earned their eo!o: s lory In a half dozen major distance I r ents In the Rocky mountain region, H |