Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-15
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NEWTON STILL IN
LEAD IN BUNION
MARATHON RACE

PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz., Hualpai
Indian Reservation, March ID P-
Arthur Newton, Rhodesia rambler, to-
day won the eleventh lap of the trans
continental marathon, when he paced
the SIT miles in Z hours SO minutes.
Winning today's lap of the race
materially increased the 44-year-old
speedstCr's lead in elapsed time since
the runners left Los Angeles on their
trek to New York City. Total elapsed
time since the start for Newton is 81
hours, % minutes. The distance COW
weed to date is recorded as 1914 miles.
From the start early this morning,
on the eleventh lap, Newton continued
steady grind to gain the lead of the.
field. He passed Nestor Erickson,
Portchester, New York, after the lat
ter had held the lead for As miles. He
passed the Finn when he stopped to
change shoes. Erickson was unable
to regain the time lost in changing
shoes.
Newton also won yesterdays lap by
pacing the 28.6 miles from Oatman to
Kingman, in the lead of the field OF
runners.
Today's victory gave the sinewy
runner from Rhodesia, South Africa,
his sixth first place in the eleven
legs of the jaunt run to date.
| Ciacomo Clarizio, Chicago who was
one of the leaders in elapsed time,
was struck by a motorcycle when
within 10 miles of his goal today and
suffered a strained tendon which
probably will prevent him from start
ing again. He was brought to the
hospital here. Clarizio ranked eighth
in total time when Today's stretch
started.
Erickson hove into sight some 20
minutes after Newton had reached the
control station His time for the lap
WIS 8:1O:3O, giving him an elapsed
time of 74:14:32.
| Peter Gavuzzi, sturdy Shirley, South
ampton, Eng, hoofer, and Andrew
Payne, of Claremore, Okla, trotted in
| together more than an hour later than
| Newton. Their times were the same,
8:55:30, but Payne'S total of 69:07:02
for the jaunt to date gives him second
place in elapsed time. Gavuzzi has
required 72:06:46 to cover the 1874
miles.
John Cronick, a Saskatoon, Canada,
was fifth today, ,lSwith 9:10:15 for the
days leg, and elapsed time of
II :43:10, while AIne Souminen, Finn
ish runner from Detroit, took 9:18:55,
for a total of 70s2915. Seventh place
went to Carl T. Willerg, of New York
City, in 923:10, and an elapsed time of
97:28:10 Phillip Granville, Hamilton,
Or1A H. n.AE E.EE
an elapsed time of 77:37:10.
| Earl Dilks of Newcastle, Penn, COM
pleted the SIT miles in 9:45:55, elapsed,
85:10:40, and j. Salo of Passaic, N. j.,
in 9:51:10, elapsed 80:05:10.
| The days stretch saw two widely
talked about contestants succumb to
the grind. Charles Hart the 63 year
old Shirley, Southampton, plodder,
carried on for Al miles of the distance,
only to drop out of the race from eX
haustion. Nicholas Quamawahu, Hopi
Indian from Oraibi Ariz., was forced
out of the running when an ankle he
! sprained in the~first week of the race
began to swell. Both may start to-
morrow from the point they were
picked up.
One hundred and twenty-five racers
started this morning at o'clock. The
United States "66" highway, their reg
istered route, led through the Wallapi
valley for % miles, over rolling hills
and past table topped mountains. Cool
weather helped noticeably while the
hard-packed dirt roadway was easy on
the feet Peach Springs trading post,
on the edge of the reservation, was
the gathering place for NOSE of the 300
Indian population.
Other easy finishers today were:
Jack Phillipson, Denver, 10:0410.
elapsed, 7S:19:O5.
August Eager, Ashtabula, Ohio,
1O:3O:10; elapsed, 95:32:32.
William Kerr, Minneapolis, 10:30:10;
elapsed, 82:2O:54.
Frank Vonhue, Herman, Calf,
1898: 30; elapsed, 86:O5:55.
David H. Davies, Sandwich, Ont,
| 1o:44:1O; elapsed, 84:32:35.
Roy McAurtry, Indianapolis, 1888
! 80; elapsed, 98:01:10
Ed Gardner, Seattle, 1O:54:40; elaps-
ed, 72;17:16.