O F B ^ I O f o r 1959-60

Presidenti Ted Qorbitt (NYFC)^ ^2kO Broadway^ NY 65, BY

Vice-Presidents Joe Kleinerman (Miirose AA)^ 262^ Claflin Av©*,Bronx 66, m

Secretary-Treasurer: John Sterner (NYPC)^ 6IO Trinity Ave. ,Bronx, NY

li £ 2. S. £ • During the awards cereraonies at the Yonkers Marathon and final Clynspic

tr ial , the RHO, NYA paid tribute to John A . Kelley, or Johnny Kelley

the ^Ider, the ajarathon genius who has probably cracked 5 hours raore than any runner in

the history of the sport in the Western Hemisphere. The "Amazing Mr. Kelley 's" record

all the more remarkable when you realise that no raatter how talented one is or how

rigidly he adheres to a training regisjon, disaster always lurks in the background.

A coRSQiittee of Kurt Steiner, Harry Murphy, and Ted Corbitt arranged the af fa ir .

Milroae raaa Murphy prepared a beautiful scroll which was presented to Kelley by RRC

meiaber Bob Campbell of Watertown, Mass, Kelley's great record and continued inspiring

perfortsances stirred Kurt to suggest the presentation. Altho now past the half century

mark, Kelley's performance at Yonkers would have been good enough to get hica on raost

pre 1956 Olympic marathon teams from the USA. Congratulations John A. Kelleyi

VOTE TODAY

THAT WAS CLOS^—RHO scribe John Ohodes was

hospital in early April , I 9 6 O for corrective

into an operating room in a local

on his knee which had long hampered

running. To quote the Pioneer marathoner, "Just as the doctor was about to make an

incision—the knife was poised in the a i r — I casually commented (X was only given a

local anesthetic, so I was still conscious) that in recent weeks, the pain had diminished

|'>soTKeifhat» The doctor suddenly becaig© quite red and hurriedly had me taken upstairs to my

r room. I was araazed.a.He later explained to me that he had diagnosed ay injury corapletely

wrong. Instead of a tuisor in isy knee, which he had originally said was the culprit, he

was forced tc admit that I had nothing ojore serious than an injured nerve in the joint

that produced reactions very similar to a tumor» It seems that tumors in joints (neuromas)

never reverse themselves, t h ^ merely become more disabling with time. That is why he

stopped the operation» He put me on a program of mild jogging, around 4 times a week.

Gradually over a period of months I am to build up speed and d i s t a n c e . . . I f my knee shows

no adverse reactions, I may be able to run competitively a|rain within a year or sOo"

A R A T H C W T R A I N I N G F O R T H E B E G I N N S R A

by A . L . Monte^erde, Loe Angelea, J e n A 6 A 9 6 0 . d f e i a m e W ^ ^ W I C o a c b T

The prospective mrathoner should f irst go and get an exaiaioation as to his health

and plirsical f itneas . Thia accoiaplished, find out i f hia finances and home pertaite

him to negotiate hia aiybition. N e ^ he should go to a chiropodist and have hira care

for the feat , Gailouees and ingrown to© nails are the ®ost seYore handicaps of

distance runners.

Go to a good ehoemaker and get some well fitted shoes. Shoe© should be half incL

longer than the foot and the saia© in width, J o t e y Miles won the B . A . A , Marathon with

a cheap pair of sneakers and h e a ^ woolen socks. But raoat eucceesful runner® of paet

days wore leather (kangaroo) and proper f itting socks: linen or nylon: white—one inch

longer than the feet . Dress warsa in cold weather.

Now the most important thing in running or walking is breathing, lou have to ©xerciee

this as you would your legs and feet , Q ^ g e n is what keeps you alive . To use ©aiae is

the raost important thing in l i f e . All of successful winneras Hayes, Dengia, Seraple

(runners) mad© this an important part of training and competitiono

After this is accomplished, go and start walking f ive miles daily for a months Then

acquire an easy jog or stride a mile and walk a mile and repeat until you cover gjx

m i l ^ . Bathe end self massage yourself . Continue thia for three months. Then tvin

two miles, walk one and cover eight miles. Continue this for a month.

Next step is to run f ive miles—easy aiid with no punishment or strain, toother month.

During this month you will learn the beat, and easiest form for you, Bow you can

start in trial runa with othere, ^ t e r runs to observe others as to their form and

style . Never in training punish yourself ,

A@ to the physical make up of the marathoner, eiae^ height, and weight are the

principle measurea to observe. Hayes was 128 l b s , j Gregory Kohelemainen

Hurmi Zatopek mid many more,

Kohelemainen was a vegetarian. He won in the Olympics for Finland and carae to the USA

and won many races. When I was located at Johnstown^ H . I o , he was a mason and working

on building of a church at Glen Falls , N . Y , We trained on Sundays. Ran ten lailes & M

^Talked, One Sunday v/e v;alked 50 lailes^ He ims really tired r̂ t the firnnh. onv̂ .̂

to a r©8ts.urast I patronised in Joimstown, My order wae for a portersteak, H© informed

ffi© he n e r e r ate meat. After much pleading he joined me I n eating jaeat. He won the 1920

Marathon in 2s52sl9 and retired,

Dengis was qy pupil at M & j b Landings N . J . An eight lap traok was built in back of

the houa®. Hie wife corataitted suicide on a Christmas raoiti. He was h©ld for questioning

and found innocent. He was advised to tak© up (running. The coach of the Baltiiaore

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Crosscountry Club made him run on his toes. H© broke down and caiae to live with me at

Mays Landing, N . J . In six njonths he won his first marathon and beoarae a charapion

winning ten full distance marathons before his ^eath in a plane crash. He and John

Seiaple trained at place at this time.

Join a Oomaiitee *

Former Japanese Olysjpi^ SHOXCHIRO TAKSMAKA

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"The place where unnaturalness shows

most clearly in the runner is in th© arias. To sjucceed in freeing the anas is to undo

th© strain over the entire body. But to cal l , ®kelax your arais I , * is not a good

^auggestion because most ninnere probably do not Understand how to relax or what it feels

l ike to relax . The rumier must learn to recognia© tension and to release tension by

practice^

"To a coach the r u n n e r f a i s l t s are very conspieuous but when or how to correct theta

depends on the coaches skills. Ryimer® s e e m to pe unsatisfied unless th© coach points

ou.t some faults in their form* T h ^ tend to ha¥©,

inerely by having the faults pointed out^ but the

runner^s psychology^"

^ « ^ ^ ^ Jis

the illusion of having for® corrected

coach should B.ot be drawn into th©

on isarathon courses should be lap courses^ any sis© I'^p froia a laile to ssy^ flvei that once

determined on^ the course should be tseasured by 661 yard surv^f-ors chain or similar. The

coure© should be ass level as poseible^ TSsus eancetling out h i l ls and wind« The course

i s measured accurately ifhere the runner will run a^,, is dons in tracks This cancels out

a l l variations and gives some uniforisity for comparison between different countries and

ef forts . Classical courses like the Boston could siand« But all chaispionship courses

Ihotjld be as I describe. They are better for spectators! officials? and around or thru

Farks—ideald> Ignore th© charge of boredoig by inferior runners^"

i According to Seoff Watt, Percy Qerutty's new bodk is out. I t is called^ ATHLETICS:

How to B e c o m e a Ohajspion.'^ Watt says^ " I thought ii a lot of the essential factors

in it and suiamrized his teachings and philosophy fairly well."

CLUB, NSW YORK ^SOOIATICN—ROSTER

1 . Bolles^ Ado, 451 W. 44th St . ,NY ,NY (GI -NYPC

2 . Buras^ Joe, 2126 ? irgil Place^ Broiix,Fp (TI 5-6497)~~NIFC

Chodes^ John, 22--02 75 St. .Jackson E^s . 7 0 , NT (RA 1-1359)—NYFO I

4 , Clapp, Hichard, l l4 Qordonhurst Av®,,ujpper Montclalr^ I^UJ. (Pilgrim 4-1792)

Connolly5 John, 1166 Gerard Ave.^Bronis

Oonway, John 57-53 80th St, ,Jaokaon F 6. 7 . Oorbitt, Ted, 5240 Broadway, N I 6 5 ,N I !(L0 2-7595

NIPC

t s . , L . I . , H . Y . (HA 4-4145;—NXPC

Dickson, George^ 965 Mderson Ave.^NI

Dones^ Jcae, 11 Lewis Ave,^Brooklyn 6.

Forayth, Eugene, 2512 Yates Av©,,Bron:

Gsnovese^ Oarlj, 45 Dubois St* , N .Y .—NYPC

Goodwin, Stephen, 200 W,

8 . Cirulnick^ Nat^ 60 8th A^©,,Brooklyn

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m Ha\ren, Oonn.—UMATTACHED

52, HY (JE 6-5594)—MILHOSH: M

m (GL 5-5151)—NYPC

6 % NY (OL 2-5255)—BRUCE TO

HYPO

Jarrett, John S.j,21 Main St.;, Bayshorb^ Long Island, NY—St .ABO

Keller, Joseph, 1422 Forest Hill Rd..jiJtaten Island, NY (SL 1-4595)—St.ABO)

K e m , Tincent L . , l 8 l 6 Yyse Ayq..Bronx 6 0 , M 1 (TU 7-2710)—MILHOSS AA

Kirby, Joe, 5 6 Bedford Pk. Blvd.^Bron

aeinersan^ Joseph^ 2825 Claflin At'̂ e.i

Kopil, John, 27 S . 44th St. ,Bayonne,

:E,NY—St.ABO

l^Bronx 68,NY (KI 5~5l40)—iMILHOSE AA

ll.J.—HYAO

Kotteakos, Oonstantino ( "Gus " ) , 525 56th St . ,KY ,HY (PL 5-4968)—GRAHD ST.BOYS CLUB

Kramer, Jaraes 918 Melrose Av©.,Bifonx BY (WY 2-4^162)—St.ABO

Kreitsiaan^ Horace, 5574 DeKalb Ave.^Hronx 67s KY (OL 2-6252)—NYPO

Lesser, Laurence, 5082 EmmouB Ave.^C^ittage l4 A^ Brooklyn, NY—St.

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Likos, Gus, ^ - 1 1 24th Rd.^Sast SI®

MaoNicholl, Rod R . , Aspere Mill Road

(Bueinees: J .Walter Thompson Co. .

McKensie, Gordon, 515 E . 209th St.^

Medaglia, Ernest, 2150 First A^e . , N

brst^N.Y.—NYPC

Ridgefield, Conn. ( ID 8-6598)—KYFG

420 Lexing-bon Ave.,NYC—MU 6-7000,Ext.2255)

J^ronx 67^ K I (OL 5-2758)—NYPC

29,KY—BRONX UNION Y

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50. Harry W., 4lll Ave. I , Brooklyn, NY (OL 8-1252)~-MILR0SE AA

51- 0»Brien, Tom, 845 Walthaai A^e,, Bronx, NI--BRUCE TO

Robbina, Charles A.,Box Middletown, Ct. , or X6 Hewtown St.,Middlotovm,Conn.-NYPC

Schiavo, Louis, 159-16 28th Road, Flushing (IN 1-4945)-.NYPC

Sherman, John, 78 Lander St. , Newburgh, N^Y.—NIPO

55- Speranza, Anthony, 45 Windenaere Drive, Yonkera, NY—UNATTACHED

56O Steiner, Kurt, 1660 E. 21 St.,Brooklyn 10, NY, (DE 6-5025)--NYPC

57- steiner, William, ' .Bronx,NY—maoSS AA

58. Sterner, John, 610 Trinity Ave.,Bronx,NY (MO 9-4291 )~-KYPC

59- Suito, Tet, 58-47 215th St.,Bay3ide 64 ,L.I . ,NY (BA 9-W)-.St .ABC

40, Vogel, David, 195 Stanton St.,|?Y,NY (OA 8-8l65Kst,AB0

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42. Wiklund, Bill, 25 Cliff Hill Road, Clifton, N .J . (GR 1-95^5)-JERSEY MARATHON CLUB

45. Zayas, Carl, 59OO Gr^stone Ave.,Riverdale, ironx,NY

NON-COMP^ITOHS

1. Bilotta, Nick, 1104 Clay Ave,, Bronx,NY-"7UNATTA0HED

2. Brown, Francis J.,2721 Heath Ave.,Bronx 65, NY—UNATTAC!

5. Campbell, Robert, 758 Mt. Auburn St. , Watertown, Mass.

4 . Fine, Robert G. , 505 Broadway, NY,NY, Rm 508 (Work: WO 4-i445)~~NYP0

5. Grey, Esme, Apt. 55, 971 Anderson Ave., Bronx; NY i

7. Preston, Bob, 25OO Sedgwick Ave., Bronx, N.Y.

8 . Schiavo, togelo, I59-I6 28th Road, Flushing 54, NY (IN 1-1945}.-NYPC

9. Share, William L.,1857 Westchester Ave., Bronx 75. NY (SY !i~2487)—GLETIOOE AO

W O . Wall, Horace F. , 640 A Monroe St. , Brooklyn 21, NY (GL 5-2cj55)-NYPC

11. White, Louie C . , 181 W. 155th St.,NY,NY—NYPC

12. Yancey, JJ, 420 W. 150th St.,I^IY,?TY (MO 2-5756)-.-NYP0

Sarcor)a,F. Smith, Fran Smith.

July i 960 Track & Pie.i.d D^^elopiaen't Mee't. Pennington Parkj, Fatersorij K . J , PM.

Open Meet. Travel Perisit needed« Post ©ntriee. 6 & 5 Mil© Runs^ 2 Mile Walk,

8 8 0 , 220 and 100 yards .

* COUHSI^ M^ASUaHM^IT—On Simds^ June 19 , I 9 6 0 starting at 7^00 AM at MoCombs Daja Park,

the "Gherjy Tree Marathoi;!'^ Qourse wi l l b© laeaeured, John Steitier and Hick Bllotta

are oo-chairtaen of the tea.m of 10 volunteers and wil l b© assisted by America's newest

Earathon sensation^ Engineer Gordon McKonisi©^

After th© laeasureraent a pi'actic© relajr race w i l l be organised ty Joe Kleinersaian. It

w i l l start about l l s O O M and ivlll be run over the above mentioned MeOoisbs Daia coursec

You are invited to take r>art<.

OOAOKING—For those rmmern who warit guidance we have another knowing ooach who is

ready and able to offer assii^tanoo. His narses BILL WIKLUND^ 2 5 O l i f f H i l l Road, Clifton

New Jersey , He is interesteil in track and road runners. He has acted as trainer for

eoae of the greatest ultra-ltr^ng distance runners of all time5 and he haa caet and

observed rnoet of the past /c^reats.

B i l l approaches training the way the Finns do it» And their method is individual

study rather than njass teaching . B i l l says, "Mo one can learn to do a sport V

reading . I t can help but v.laual analysis brings out defect© a runner d o e s n H know

he has . However, I w i l l ane ^ler a;ny and all letters to the best of a b i l i t y . "

"As to own running experiences, X have run Boston l 4 tisses, f inishing 12 tiiaes. 2

placed 4th in 19^4 end 7 th 5. .1 1945 , % poorest shotting waa 22nd place. % f irst

distance coach was Hugo Qwisit, who also coached Paavo Hursji, V/illie Hitola and John

S a l o . . o l ran 10 years for t h e Millrose Olub with Pat Dengis^ Mel Porter, Lou Gregory

as teaianaatea, have x'un Icjnkers 12 tiiaes f inishing as high as 4th place . My worst

showing was 7th place , I woe Metropolitan Cha^iapion in 1 9 4 4 , "

Gordon McKensie (NYPO) and JJ Kelley (BAA) provided

0urprlses in the f i rst of two Olyaapic Marathon

Rudy Mendez has been i l l or bf»

ha l f dosen y e a r s . . . F o u r years

t r i a l s ; the BAA Run. Oongratulations Gordon i . . .

low par healths^rise during April in all but on© of the laet

€i.go Jiia Green sat in the dressing roosj following the 195^

BAA (Olympic t r i a l ) bemoaning the fact that M s heavy training had gotten him no-wher©^

Hie '^break-thru" aa®® just ir tiaie for his bid at this Olympiad. . .John Sterner predicted^

in writing , that McKensi® wou],id do 2 : 2 ^ at Boston . . .Foraer President of the Victorian

Marathon Olub (Austral ia ) Beri i e Gardiner, fonaer Australian walking chaiapions ran a half

33ile in about 2 lainutes and a 'marathon in juat over 5 hours^ all on walking t r a i n i n g . . .

I t was reported in the daily

Oortlaxidt Park cross-country i

found to b© over J lail© she?

fantastic that the course ooi

Runners were l i teral ly shocL

running machines at Yonkers: '

been shared others under s;

w i th stop watchesJ clocked a :

in 5s58 for the isila (Source

have cracked 4 rainutee in pra

Dunoan credited with identioa

f i r s t two e f forts . . .McKenz io

his closest observers feel th

effort to toughen hiiaself up

do i t , i t sa / s

r©as that the fained, and heavily used I04A Five Mile Van

ourae was surveyed by students of Manhattan College and

t . The two tail© loop has long been suspect but i t seems

Id be that short . Maybe another check is in o r d e r . . .

a at the crack up of two of B o s t o n m o s t stable

reen and Gonfalon®. Their heartbreaking experiences have

isilar c ircumstance9 , . . In I 876 , Ataerican Arm^ officers

awnee Indian named Koo-Tah-we~cots—oo-Lel-E-Hoo-La-Sliarj,

Believe it or H o t ) . . . G l e n Ounninghaia also reported to

jtice years before i t becafae a conraion occurrence. , .Sd

2 s 5 5 : 0 5 times at "Cherry Tree Marathon" and Yonkers—his

a great ta.lent or g i f t for marathon running. However^

he may not be quite interested enough to laake a big

^o becorae the world 's fastest in the Long Run. He could