Chimwe chiziviso muchinyorwa chaAugust 6, 1904 che"The New York Times" chakaratidzira kuti Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union yaizobata "mujaho chaiwo wemamaira mashanu" paCeltic Park pana August 13, 1904 navasere vanopedzisa vokutanga vachigamuchira rwendo rwakabhadharwa rwokukwikwidza mumutambo wamarathon paMitambo yeOlympic muSt. Louis
musi waAugust 30, 1904. Spring, akanyorwa somumiriri wePastime Athletic Club, akatumidzwa somumwe we19 "vanogona kukwikwidza" muchiitiko chacho.