Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
'BRITISHER STILL
CARAVAN.
in BUNION RACE.

| DANDY, Mojave Desert, Calf.
March 10 CR-Arthur Newton, "A
year-old British running marvel
picked his way over the desert high.
way today to win the seventh lar
of the 340O-mile transcontinental
marathon i'm the remarkable time
of 4:57 for the 31.9 miles from
Bagdad, this mornings starting
point.
When the gaunt veteran cam
paigner of the veldts of central
Africa shuffled over the fin:ah line
he had boosted by many minutes
his lead in total elapsed time for
the 1884 miles run to date. His
lunnine time since leaving Los An
geles was 35 hours and SO minutes.
Todays lap was the third successive
stretch won by the lanky British
marathoner.
Two miles behind Newton came
fellow countryman, Peter Gavuz-
ri, stocky Southampton, England,
racer, who pounded ~the roadway at
steady pace to finish in five hours
80 minutes and 81 seconds, and
an elapsed time os z? hours, 54
minutes and sc seconds. Third
place for the lap went to Ed Gard
ner, 1.-THE Seattle negro hoofer, who
checked in with time of 5:35,
and posted a total elapsed time OF
39:36.36.
The same distressing conditions
that have marked the progress Of
the runners and walkers, for the last
three days cropped up today as the
long caravan of roadway conquer
ors descended deeper into the Mo-
jave. Soft dirt or gravel strewn
highway tortured them underfoot,
and scorching sun beat down from
the sky above.
The temperature today lowered
around 80 degrees.
But through it all, LAT pairs of
legs, today's starting number,
pumped steadily on. Eight minutes
after Gardner had sped across the
timing line, John Cronick, Saska-
toon, Canada, passed the control
point. He finished strong after a
slow start.
Guisto Umek, of Trieste, walking
champion of Italy, furnished the
surprise of the day by striding in
for fifth place. Setting a swift pace
at the start, he passed up more
than half of the field at 20 miles
and completed the stretch in 5:52:-
so. A short distance behind came
Andrew Payne, of Claremere, Okla,
whose unyarying earlier laps has
brought him among the top con-
testants.
Since the start of the long foot
race, for a $4,000 first prize and
a total purse of $48,500 split up
among the first 10, Newton has
finished oath place in the first
lap. 18th on the secondsltrip, fifth
on the third, fourth place on the
fourth stretch, and first on each
of the last three laps,
The race today was a, Battle be-
tween Newton and Gardner in the
early stages. The Seattle runner
led the throng for 13 miles, where
he relinquished it to the sinewy
holder of England's 1OOsmile run
ming championship. Meanwhile,
Gavuzzi bore down from Gardner'S
rear. A few miles from the con-
troll station here, he overlook and
left behind the entrant from the
northwest.
The ancient of the trans-contin-
entail trek, 63-year-old Charles Hart
of Southampton, England, turned
in an astounding performance to-
day. From start to finish the vet
eran never ceased his jogginr pace,
to show the way to more than
younger men and finish
in 21st place
Phillip Granville, Canadian walking
champion, finished in hours, AZ min
lteS and 20 seconds for a total elapsed
time of 4515:10 Oil Wantinen, De-
troit Finn, spent hours, SO minutes
on the lap, but maintained a place
among the leaders TO relapsed time
with 40:46:07
The times of other finisherS in
cluded Nestor Erickson New York,
lap 1888, total elapsed time 44:54:32.
Paul Simpson, Charlotte, N. c., 1854,
elapsed 49:22:27 John Peterson, Spo-
kane, 10 hours, elapsed 67:46:O2.
Allen Currier, Grants Pass, Ore
6:48:20, elapsed 50:49:25. Andrew Gem
mel, Oakland, Calf, 1O:42, elapsed
65:04:14. Seth Gonzales, Denver, g.
$3.50, elapsed 48:22:22 Teodocio Ri
vera, Manila 1888, elapsed SO 9:33 :25.
The eighth lap will be the longest
stretch yet tackled, SIS miles, taking