Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-08

hers fall by the wayside. Willie
Kolehmainen, Wing-footed Finnish
runner of New York City, who was
the pacemaker for the first two laps
And one of the outstanding favorites
at the start, gave up after three miles
Of agonizing pain Victorville, today's
Starting point, had barely faded away
when the stocky long distancer fell
victim to the same foot cramps that
had held him back yesterday. Gunner
Nielsen, his running mate, went out
the same way.
Where more youthful contestants
faltered or dropped out, the ancient
OF the race, Charles w. Hart, OF
Southampton, England, who has seen
the passing of SO summers, logged
onward, never stumbling. He trotted
into the control station here as eve
ming began 20 fall Old folks and
young alike gave him rousing cheer
as he finished the days grind in
18th position The oldster's total time
for the trip from Los Angeles was
"a hours, minutes and 5 seconds.
The So year old veteran plugged
through today's trial in his usual
manner, peculiar little jog trot
that carried him forward at the
same speed from morning to late
afternoon.
Among the walker-Seekers of the
$4,000 pot of gold that awaits the
foot conquerors of the continent,
GuiSto Unek, Italian champion,
showed his heels to Phillip Granville,
of Hamilton, Ontario, who holds the
Canadian title. The Trieste heel
and toe star ended the So miles in
21st position. Granville checked in
9th. On the three previous laps
Granville led the Italian to the TIM
ing mark, and tonight his total time
stood at 24:08:05, slightly better than
his rivals 24:16:00.
Nicholas Cuanlawahu, Hopi Indian
from Arizona, favored to shine in
the kind of going such as was eX-
perienced today because he is a son
of the desert lands, dropped from the
forefront of the pack today. He fell
victim to cramps shortly after the
start, and was forced to SLOW down
to a walking gait.
j. Salo, Passiac, N. Y, moved up,
covering the distance today in 5 hours
and SO minutes for fifth place. His
time from Los Angeles totals 20 hours,
49 minutes end 20 seconds.
Two Englishmen finished in the
next two places, Harry Rea taking
sixth with a lap time Of 6 hiurs, Ii
minutes and 35 seconds, and a total
elapsed time Of 81 hours, SO minutes
and 25 seconds, while Peter Gavuzzi,
of Southampton, required Two minutes
and Is seconds more for todayS
stretch, and brought his totaI to %
hours, IL minutes and 5 seconds.
Dwight Houfstater, Maniscee, Mich,
made it in 6:19:25, for an elapsed
time of 21:11:45 for the four :aps;
Arne Soumine1l, Finland, in 6:23 for
total OF 21:O9:20, and Fred Kamler,
Germany, had a time of 6:24 for
today's stretch, for a total elapsed
time of 26 hours, IL minutes and 50
seconds.
Kolehmainen was a detected figure
tonight, lowering around the check
ing-in station to watch the more
fortunate hooters ranble in. His
withdrawal <rom the transcontinental
trek was a bitter blow to the Finn,
which he blamed to excessive speed
in the earlier laps when he ran
way out in front CT the. crowd on
both the first and second days Of
the race.
Nelson, Kolehmainen's running
mate from New York city, also went
the same way today. Aching legs
that refused to carry weary body
forced him to drop out. He likewise
blamed earlier speeding for his early
| elimination.
Among the earlier finishers today
were: