Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-17
BESTS GAVUzZT
BY 3 MINUTES
N. J. Cop Will Get SIS, 900;
Transcontinental Time
Lowered so Hours

LOS ANGELES, Cal, June IT.
R)-Bronzed Of skin, haggard Of
face, and worn to the point of ex-
haustion, Johnny Salo, So. has con-
quered 3:6:35 miles of prairies. des-
erts and mountains TO win c. G.
Pyle's transcontinental foot race and
the $25.0 900 first prize.
BY q margin OF but minutes and
AZ seconds Salo triumphed in the
gruelling grind from New York City.
That slim lead he held over Pete
Gavuzzi, 115-pound British born
italian. in the total elapsed time
standings when the transcontinen-
tai event came to an end here alst
night. Gavuzzi Is entitled to a prize
of $4,000.
1t was in the final hours OF the
lengthy race that Salo, a Passaic,
N. j., policeman, blazed his trail
to victory. He came from behind
to snatch the winners laurelS from
the wtry Gavuzzi in the last 20 miles
385 yards Of the derby. The final
lap was in the form Of a marathon
at Wrigley field. A crowd of 10000
watched the event. Salo was first
to finish the maarthon, coming in
nine laps ahead Of Gavuzzi.
Salo crossed the continent IN SIS
hours, 81 minutes and 20 seconds.
Gavuzzi did it in 526 hours and 2
seconds.
Rest Far Behind
More than IL hours behind Ga
Vuzzi, but in position for third place
money-$6, 000-came GiuSto Umeli
of italy, who plodded from coast
to coast in 538 hours, 46 minutes
and 50 seconds. Sam Richman OF
New York, was next, ready to take
the $500 prize for fourth place
with a total Of ST. hours, % min
utes and % seconds.
A college youth. Paul Simpson.
OF Burlington, N. c., registered 586
hours, 80 minutes and So seconds
to garner fifth place and $4,000.
Sixth in line was Philip Granville,
Indian from Hamilton. Ont. who
walked and loped an aggregate Of
SIS horsrs. 81 minutes and % &c
onds for S2,250 Of the pot Of gold"
at the transcontinental Painbow's
end.
A four-mile jaunt from Hunting
ton park. a suburb, to Wrigley field.
here, preceded the 26-mile 385 yard
regulation marathon.
In the four-mile stretch SalO
sla@ khed four minutes and 2 2-5 Sec
onds from the nine-minute So sec
onds held by Gavuzzi. At the six
mile mark Of the regulation mara
thon he forged into the elapsed
time by four-fifths OF q second. and
gradually stretched his margin un-
til, at the 16-mile post. he was more
than four minutes ahead. Gavuzzi
at that point got away TO his ia
nous sprinting finish. but his best
was not enough TO win.
Time Bettered
The Flooding pilgrims this year
took IS days to span the continent.
six less than were required in last
years jaunt over the west to east
course. The time made by the run
ners was approximately so hours fas-
ter than the elapsed time Of Andy
Payne, Claremore. Okla. who cap
tured the first transcontinental log.
This years renewal Of the derby
started from New York March 81.
The elapsed time table:
Johnny Salo. Passaic. N. j..
s25:57:20: Pete Gavuzzi. England.
526:0o:07: 3.-GiuSto Umek. Italy.
538.46:52: Sam Richman. New
York. ~571:2e:29; 5-Paul Simpson.
Burlington. n. c.. 5~86:30:53: g.
Phillip Granville. Hamilton. Ont.
618:54:23; TN. 3. Mcnamara.
Australia. 627:45:2s: 8-Herbert
Fedeman. New York. 63l:23.48: O.
Harry AbramowitZ. New York. GA
1880; '10.-Mike Joyce. Cleveland.
Ohio. $50 :02:52: 11--Guv Shields
Pitcher. Okla. 6a8:17:2o: I2.-Flwin
Harbine. Santa Rosa. Cal. 727:56.-
IS: Elmer Cowlev. Clifton. N. j..
T42:00:27: 1A.-Pat Harrison. Miami.
AriZ.. 74S:20:51: 15.-Joe SDangler.
New York. T~55.5o:14: 16-George
Rehavn. GERMANY. 765 :0O:52: IT
Charles EskinS. Eyyira. Ohio, 783.-
56:46; 18.--Morris Richman. New
York. S54:11:11: 19.-George jus