Emancipation Marathon Pits Top Negro Stars (6/4/1943)

The most brilliant field of athletes ever to particpate in the annual Emancipation Marathon is expected to toe the mark in front of Howard's Drug Store in Ysleta at 7:30 a.m. on June 19 for the start of the ninth annual race.

Al Cohen, head of the Sporting Goods Department of the Popular Dry Goods Company, will serve as official starter and timer of the run.

In all probability the marathon record of 66 minutes, 36 seconds set in the 1939 race by Manual Lopez will be lowered.  Many of the nation's most prominent Negro athletes are now at Fort Bliss and have signified their intentions to enter the run.

The Emancipation Marathon is open to any runner who wishes to participate and who fills out the official entry blank.  Information and entry blanks may be secured by writing:  The Emancipation Marathon Committee, P.O. Box 1961, El Paso, Texas.

Source:  El Paso Times, Friday, June 4, 1943