White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
MARATHON CONTESTS
POPULAR IN TEXAS
Endurance Stunts Of Many
Kinds Held There.

Dallas, Texas.-When some one is
found who will attempt to crawl back.
wards on his hands and knees to New
York, pulling ten-ton truck by rope
in his teeth, Texas as marathon state
will be complete.
For the Lone Star state has gone
"marathon-crazy." From all parts OF
the largest commonwealth In the
United States have come aspirants to
fame and fortune, willing to endure
the greatest Of hardship to get their
names In headlines. And they're do
Ing 1t, too.
Back and forth from peanut pusher
to crazy croquet crony; from hopeful
hoopster to yo-yoer, the eyes and ac
claims of Longhorns perform flip
fops. And tomorrow may bring forth
another.
Texans are becoming accustomed to
Fwild-haired" marathons. When a
new aspirant appears on the endur-
ance horizon the good people shrug
their shoulders and assume an ION,
well, just another" expression. But
they watch the progress with interest
and turn out en- matse to give the
little boys a great big hand.
Bill Williams Of Hondo started 1t
all. Not content to remain in the lit
tie Medina county COW town. Williams
chose the most famous mountain in
the West, adjusted little wire con-
kpsov, f1nSr fN h{c Foo nd cot fo min
wager of $500 by pushing peanut
up Pixies Peak with his nose. And
although he is still trying to grow skin
on his nose and knees he Is enriched
by half thousand dollars and un.
limited publicity.
Top Spinning Craze On.
Bill started the marathon ball roll
Ing, and lad in California provided
the means for the next attempt. 1t
was the yo-yo-a little wooden top on
string which took Texas by storm.
1t was only natural that some mis-
guided youths should stay up all night
trying to spin the little toy longer and
with more precision than any other.
Right now Houston lad holds the
endurance yo-yo record, with mark
of 1900 spins in 16 hours. He fell
asleep with the yo-yo still travelling
up and down the string.
But the COW country was not to stay
In the background long. From Rule.
Texas, came the "crazy croquet
cronies," who planned to sock croquet
balls from Galveston to Gotham. Aside
from few delays caused by the ad
miring glances of pretty small-town
bellies, G. g. Hart and L. R. Rose,
barber and a tailor, are making good
Roadway toward New York.
Rolling Hoop to Gotham.
And now comes another. Fl. P. Will
liams of Texas City, who has an
nounced to the world that he will roll
a little iron hoop to New York. He
started out over a hundred miles be-
hind the "meandering maulers," but
he intends to catch up with them be-
fore the big city is reached. Both out
fits carry letters of introduction from
Texas mayors to Mayor Jimmy
Walker and both expect to eat
Thanksgiving turkey with him-al-
though Jimmy may have word to
say about that.
And all the while the lesser lights
are trying to crash the headlines
There was the Fort Worth man who
started to dig hole to China; the
Dallas prize fighter who started to
run to New York to gain publicity.
and the Rio Grande valley water
melon consumer.
But it's getting to the point now
up something mighty sensational to
get the attention of Texans. They're
used to the best there is.