Banned in Boston

At last April's Boston Marathon, Republic of Korea runners ran away from an international field of 131 to finish 1-2-3. Last week, with another marathon coming up, Boston advised the Koreans to stay away.

What had bitten Boston was the news that last year's winners, Kee Yong Ham, Kil Yoon Song and Yun Chil Choi, had been granted temporary deferments and were training for the marathon near Pusan. The Boston American published a smoking editorial headlined, WHO Is TRAINING FOR WHAT? and ran a picture layout of U.S. soldiers marching through the snow with the caption, BOSTONIANS TRAINING FOR KOREA.

Walter A. Brown, president of the Boston Athletic Association, felt the same way. "While American soldiers are fighting and dying in Korea," said he, "every Korean should be fighting to protect his country instead of training for marathons. As long as the war continues there, we positively will not accept Korean entries for our race on April 19."

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