AN FEATURES
IN FIELD
MEETS
By Associated t'ressi
YORK. Dee IS. That the
e long distance runner will be
| da hie opponent in future in
n track and road races ts
Remonstrated by the details of
vst marathon race held in the
the rising sun The run which
tween Yokohama and a subuc
1 rk over a twenty-five miles
Hand the winner covered the
Stance in 3 hrs . 80 m.. 13 s.
Bthirty starters all but sis ftn
gRhe race and the majority
I the mark in good physical
< [» this is not the best time made
warathen race in Japan it is a
’Wor that distance During 1813
Aese runner ran the full mara
a nee of 30 miles 88$ yards in
« ttt 38 s., in a trial race held in
ton with early preparation for
Tuple games, scheduled at that
tbe staged at Berlin in 1810.
e is better thats that made by
aer of a marathon race held
;>sc games since the initial re~
thss classic track and field
t Athens ts 1880
i
ecvrd of 3.80 S3 for the twenty
ties ts not e<ttal to the best
{
jfhde ta th* Boston A V. man
,ce. staged annually at Boston
**? This eeriest ts also run
*1_
uver a twenty five ntUe course and
the best time was made in 1912 when
M J. Ryan, of the New York Irish
American A .C. wen •«» 2.31 18 1-5.
The speed In the Japanese race, how
ever. Is fully up to ttie averase In the
Host on event and far ahead of the
record for the first American mara
then which w as won in 3.25.55 2-3 at
New York In l$9k •
AUTO FACTORIES
\MSTKR1V\M. Dee. 18.—Automo
bile works in Germany are preparing
for expansion on an enormous scale
for the production of aircraft. One of
the foremost factories has just voted
to increase its capital from Sr '00.000
to $8.000.000. Special facilities have
been sranted by the Gorman sovern
ment for the flotation of the new
shares.
V circular issued by the company
says "AVe entered the war with
Unto reserves tor extension purposes,
but this has been used up by the
larse demands of the war \Ye can
no looser speak of 'expanding' our
works, but must use the term sawlti
ply ins' theta.'*
♦
There wiU be a meetiajt off the
school board I'Ve, 2 2nd at IVsle halt
Arkvl w:,£l close for the holidays oat
IVeensher 21 and will open a.saia
January- i.
RACES WILE BE
HELD AS
USUAL
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Oec. 18.—The I’ni
versity of Pennsylvania Athletic as
sociation has decided to stage the an
nual relay carnival next April as us
ual and the final races will be held
the last Saturday of that month unless
unforseen events should cause a
change in the date. This track and
field meet, which has grown to he
the biggest inter-collegiate athletic
contest of the year, has in recent
seasons been divides! into a two-day
program but It 1* uncertain at this *
time whether that schedule will be ad
hered to or the *P»11 races confined
to one day. Much will depend upon
the class and number of entries re
ceived If there la a loss In college
entrants the schoolboy athletes will
be featured
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