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...center of interest tomorrow will probably be the special mile race in which Joie Ray, the national champion, will attempt to break the existing record of 4 minutes 12 3-5 seconds. Because of the fear that, if a new mark were established in a large and spread-out field, the stigma of a paced race might be attached to it, arrangements have been made to run an extra mile distance, and limit Ray's opposition to four runners, Kennedy of Yonkers with a 35-yard handicap, Mahoney of the B. A. A. with 90 yards, J. N. Watters...
Yesterday morning Joie Ray arrived in Cambridge, and in preparation for his race on Saturday worked out on the Stadium track during the afternoon...
...Joie Ray will compete in the open handicap meet of the H. A. A. in the Stadium Saturday. The first definite word was received yesterday by the H. A. A. in the form of the telegram, "Is my race on?" As two of the best of the specially invited runners, Brookins, the Iowa hurdler, and Captain Connolly, the Georgetown miler, had sent word earlier in the day that they could not compete, Ray's acceptance of the invitation is especially welcome to the track management. Taylor, the Princeton quarter-miler, who was listed among the definite starters Saturday has also...
...Joie Ray, national amateur champion miler, has been compelled to refuse the Athletic Association's invitation to compete in the open handicap track meet at Soldiers Field on June 9, because of accepting a previous invitation to compete in the Notre Dame meet at South Bend, Indiana, on the same...
Invitations have been extended by the Athletic Association to Joie Ray, J. W. (Jake) Driscoll and several other prominent sprint and distance runners to compete in the open handicap track meet held under the auspices of the H. A. A. on June 9 at Soldiers Field. Ray, who is the National amateur mile champion and one of the greatest distance runners in the world, is now representing the Illinois Athletic Club. Driscoll is a former Boston College track star and National quarter-mile champion. He is now wearing the colors of the Boston Athletic Association. The main events...