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...Daily Pennsylvanian runners and one from the Columbia Spectator arrived in Cambridge yesterday ready to compete in today's Boston Marathon. They will be challenging the CRIMSON team...
Despite the restrictions, there will still be between 1000 and 1100 runners in Monday's race. There are simply an awful lot of competent distance runners these days, and the Boston Marathon is becoming more and more a prestige race. One wonders how many would have entered had there been no qualifying rules. I'm sure Jock wonders, and undoubtedly, he and Cloney are glad that they put the clamps on when they...
...Boston Marathon has always been special, in good part because it included such a wide spectrum of running talent, from Japanese machines to John Doc, the guy who'd come out in combat boots after running a mile a day in practice and tell jokes to people around him on the course. The spectators loved it if Jock didn...
...essence, the B. A. A. is destroying an important aspect of the Marathon because it claims that the number of entrants is too great to be accommodated. The B. A. A. has always discriminated to some extent-only three years ago, Jock was wrestling girls off the course-so this increased discrimination is not so much the issue...
...cared about maintaining the character of the Marathon by allowing everyone to run, it could curtail some of the conveniences it now provides. I'm sure most competitors could do without the stew served afterwards, and I'd be willing to bet that another Hopkinton building would be available for checking in and dressing before the race. Another thing that could go is the certificate sent to everyone who finishes in less than four hours. The B. A. A. should provide only necessary services...