OFB^IOfor 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 trial, 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 affair. 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 into an operating room in a local hospital in early April,I96O for corrective 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 air—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, th^ 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 distance...If my knee shows no adverse reactions, I may be able to run competitively a|rain within a year or sOo" ARATHCW TRAINING FOR THE BEGIN NSR A by A.L. Monte^erde, Loe Angelea, JenA6A960. dfeiame W^^WICoacbT The prospective mrathoner should first go and get an exaiaioation as to his health and plirsical fitneas. Thia accoiaplished, find out if hia finances and home pertaite him to negotiate hia aiybition. Ne^ 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, Jotey Miles won the B.A.A, Marathon with a cheap pair of sneakers and hea^ woolen socks. But raoat eucceesful runner® of paet days wore leather (kangaroo) and proper fitting 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^gen is what keeps you alive. To use ©aiae is the raost important thing in life. 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 five miles daily for a months Then acquire an easy jog or stride a mile and walk a mile and repeat until you cover gjx mil^. 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 five 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, ^ter 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 lbs,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.Io, 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 r^t the firnnh. onv^^. to a r©8ts.urast I patronised in Joimstown, My order wae for a portersteak, H© informed ffi© he nerer ate meat. After much pleading he joined me In eating jaeat. He won the 1920 Marathon in 2s52sl9 and retired, Dengis was qy pupil at M&jb 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 i 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 * "The place where unnaturalness shows Former Japanese Olysjpi^ SHOXCHIRO TAKSMAKA 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 call, ®kelax your arais I,* is not a good ^auggestion because most ninnere probably do not Understand how to relax or what it feels like to relax. The rumier must learn to recognia© tension and to release tension by practice^ "To a coach the runnerfaislts are very conspieuous but when or how to correct theta depends on the coaches skills. Ryimer® seem to pe unsatisfied unless th© coach points ou.t some faults in their form* Th^ tend to ha¥©, the illusion of having for® corrected inerely by having the faults pointed out^ but the coach should B.ot be drawn into th© runner^s psychology^" ^ « ^ ^ ^ Jis 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 hills and wind« The course is measured accurately ifhere the runner will run a^,, is dons in tracks This cancels out all variations and gives some uniforisity for comparison between different countries and efforts. 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. It is called^ ATHLETICS: How to Become 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. 70, NT (RA 1-1359)—NYFO I 4, Clapp, Hichard, ll4 Qordonhurst Av®,,ujpper Montclalr^ I^UJ. (Pilgrim 4-1792) Connolly5 John, 1166 Gerard Ave.^Bronis NIPC 6. Oonway, John 57-53 80th St,,Jaokaon F ts.,L.I.,H.Y. (HA 4-4145;—NXPC 7. Oorbitt, Ted, 5240 Broadway, NI 65,NI !(L0 2-7595 8. Cirulnick^ Nat^ 60 8th A^©,,Brooklyn NY (MA 2-0488)—UNITED AA 9- m Ha\ren, Oonn.—UMATTACHED 10. Dickson, George^ 965 Mderson Ave.^NI 52, HY (JE 6-5594)—MILHOSH: M 11. Dones^ Jcae, 11 Lewis Ave,^Brooklyn 6. m (GL 5-5151)—NYPC 12. Forayth, Eugene, 2512 Yates Av©,,Bron: 6% NY (OL 2-5255)—BRUCE TO 15. Gsnovese^ Oarlj, 45 Dubois St*, N.Y.—NYPC 14. Goodwin, Stephen, 200 W, HYPO 15. Jarrett, John S.j,21 Main St.;, Bayshorb^ Long Island, NY—St .ABO 16. Keller, Joseph, 1422 Forest Hill Rd..jiJtaten Island, NY (SL 1-4595)—St.ABO) 17. Kem, Tincent L.,l8l6 Yyse Ayq..Bronx 60,M1 (TU 7-2710)—MILHOSS AA 18. Kirby, Joe, 56 Bedford Pk. Blvd.^Bron :E,NY—St.ABO 19. aeinersan^ Joseph^ 2825 Claflin At'^e.il^Bron x 68,NY (KI 5~5l40)—iMILHOSE AA 20. Kopil, John, 27 S. 44th St.,Bayonne, ll.J.—HYAO 21. Kotteakos, Oonstantino ("Gus"), 525 56th St.,KY,HY (PL 5-4968)—GRAHD ST.BOYS CLUB 22. Kramer, Jaraes 918 Melrose Av©.,Bifonx BY (WY 2-4^162)—St.ABO 25. Kreitsiaan^ Horace, 5574 DeKalb Ave.^Hronx 67s KY (OL 2-6252)—NYPO 24. Lesser, Laurence, 5082 EmmouB Ave.^C^ittage l4 A^ Brooklyn, NY—St.