He panui i roto i te putanga o te "The New York Times" o Akuhata 6, 1904 i tohu ko te Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union ka whakahaere i tetahi "rere motuhake e rima-maero" i Celtic Park i te Akuhata 13, 1904 me nga toa toa e waru e whiwhi ana i te haerenga utu ki te whakataetae i te marathon i nga Taakaro Orimipia i St. Louis.
i te 30 o Akuhata, 1904. I whakaingoatia a Cohn hei tetahi o te 19 "nga kaiwhakataetae pea" i roto i te kaupapa.