The legs, lungs and head of Clarence H. De Mar, of Melrose, Mass., proved the best marathon combination in the country. De Mar won the 25-mile run at Boston. At present he is our leading distance runner and will probably wear the shield of the United States in the Olympic marathon at Paris in 1924. His time at Boston was 2 hours 23 minutes, 47 3/5 seconds. In five starts he has won the race three times, run second once and third once. He is 35 years old.
Middleaged, gray-haired William J. Kennedy, bricklayer of Port...
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