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...special inducement: first U. S. runner and first Finn to finish would qualify for their respective Olympic teams. The field of 220 started with a strong wind behind them. De Mar kept his usual pace, well behind the leaders. They were three seasoned Finns, Willie Kyronen, Willie Ritola and Karl Koski; Jimmy Hennigan, a 40-year-old Medford, Mass, runner who won last year; John McLeod of Boston, who covered the first twelve miles in record time; Paul De Bruyn, who last summer left Manhattan to work his way home on a cattle-boat and win the German marathon championship...
...miles from the finish, the race was clearly between De Bruyn and Hennigan. For five of the six miles the two ran almost shoulder to shoulder with Kyronen, who liked the cool weather, holding on behind them. Then, in the last mile. De Bruyn began to work his well-muscled legs faster in their choppy stride. He was 200 yd. ahead at the finish, with Hennigan second, Kyronen third, De Mar 18th, McLeod 27th. Far behind McLeod straggled a sad marathoner named Charles E. Bradford of Lowell, Mass. He was seized by a policeman as he finished the race, hustled...
...winner of the national championship, will be matched against Mike Devanney, of the Melrose A. A., and J. W. Ryan, of the B. A. A. In the three-mile great things are expected from J. W. Ray, of the Illinois A. C. His chief competitors will be V. Kyronen, of the Melrose A. A., last year's winner, and J. Hennigan, of the Dorchester Club...
...Millrose A. C., and J. W. Byan of the B. A. A. appear to be the favorite stars. J. W. Ray of the Illinois, A. C. is expected to come close to the record in the three mile run, but he will have to beat such men as V. Kyronen of the Millrose A. C., and J. Henigan of the Dorchester Club...
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