Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-17
SALO WINS DERBY
BY SLIM MARGIN
Earns $4,000 by Finishing
Coast-to- Coast Run 3 Min.
utes Ahead CT Gavuzzi.
Bv the Associated Press.

| bF the Associated Press,
II OS ANGELES. Calf, June IL
BTon2ed of skin, haggard of face
and worn to the point OF exhaus-
| IL ton, Johnny Salo, Sc, has con-
quered $685. miles of pavements,
! deserts and mountains to win c. c.
/ Pyle's transcontinental foot race and
| the S25,0 900 first prize.
BY margin of but 2 minutes and
| Al seconds, Salo triumphed in the Cruel
| ing grind from New York City. That
slim lead he held over Pete Gavuzzi,
| l15-pound BritiSh-born Italian, in the
! total elapsed time standings when the
| transcontinental event came to an END
here last night. Under the schedule
Gavuzzi is entitled to prize of $4,000.
Victor Comes From Behind.
1t was in the final hours Of the
| lengthy race that Salo, Passaic N. j.,
! policeman, blazed his trail to victory
He came from behind to snatch the
| winners laurels from the wiry Gavuzzi
in the last 26 miles 385 yards of the
derby. The final lap was in the form
crowd of 10000 watched the event
Salo was first to finish the marathon,
coming in nine laps ahead of Gavuzzi
Salo crossed the continent in 525
hours 81 minutes and 20 seconds.
Gavuzzi did it in SIS hours and sec
onds
More thar twelve hours behind
Gavuzzi, but in position for third-place
money-$6 .oo0-came Giusto Umek OF
Italy. who plodded from coast to coast
IN 538 hours Is minutes and SO seconds.
Sam Richman of New York was next.
ready to take the $500 prize for
| fourth place, with a total of ST. hours
% minutes and % seconds.
College Youth Is Fifth,
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 Phillip Granville. Indian from
Hamilton, Ontario, who walked and
loped an aggregate of Glib hours 81 min
utes and % seconds for $2,250 of the
pot of gold" at the transcontinental
rainboWs end.
Nineteen runners completed the coast
to coast journey, but only Is of them
came in for prize money. Other winners,
and the amounts they will call for. are:
Seventh, M. B. Mcnamara, Australia.
$4,000; eighth, Herbert Hedeman, New
York, Sl750; ninth, Harry Abramowitz.
New York, $1,500: tenth, Mike Joyce,
Cleveland, Ohio, $3.50; eleventh, Guy
Shields, Pitcher, Oklahoma, 81 900;
twelfth, Edwin Harbine, Santa Rosa,
California. 5000; thirteenth, Elmer
Cowley, Clifton, ". j., $3.50; fourteenth,
Pat Harrison, Miami, Arizona, $500:
fifteenth, Joe Spangier, New York, s7o0.
Leaders Battle Bitterly.
Gavuzzi and Salo bstt'ed bitterly for
supremacy in 8 of the 10 weeks required
TO cross the country. Passing the Ohio
State border linz, Cavuzzi leaped into
first place by four-hcur margin, the
greatest advantage held Ly any runner
during tho c0lIrSP IF thu
Salo steadily narrowed tl1s gap until.
in Big Spring, Tex, he assei uu his
English rival. From THEN until the
finish the lead chapgc6 hands several
times, but neither was 9ble TO mark up
margin of better than hour and 50
minutes.
The plodding pilgrims this year took
10 days to span the continent less
than We're required in last years jaunt
over West to East course. The Tina
made by the runners was approximately
| so hours faster than the elapsed time
of Andy Payne, Claremore, Okla who
captured the first transcontinental jog.
This years renewal of the derby started
from New York March 81.
The Elapsed Time Table.
The elapsed time table:
Johnny Salo, Passaic, N. j.,
525:57:2O.
Pete Cavuzzi. England. 526 :oo:o7.
3-Guisto Umes. Italy, 538 :46:52
4-Sam Richman, New York,
5-Psul Simpson, Burlington. N. C.,
$50 :3o:53
6-Philiip Granville, Hamilton, On
tario, 61S:54:23.
IN B. Mcnamara, Australia,
627:45:28.
8-Eerbert Hedeman, New York,
sol :23:48.
9-Harry Abramowit5, New York,
634 :46:2o.
l0-Mike Joyce. Cleveland. Ohio.
689:02:52.
| 11-Guy Shields, Picher, Okla,
698:17:29.
12-Elwin Harbine Santa Rosa, Calf,
727:56:16.
13-Elmer Cowley, Clifton, N. J.,
742:oO:27.
14-Pat Harrison, Miami, Ariz.,
74S:20:5l.
l5-Joe Spangler, New York, 755:5s:l4.
l6-G gorge Rehayn, Germany,
T65:00:52.
17-Charles Eskins. Elyria. Ohio.
783:5646.
1s-Morris Richman, New York.
854:11:1l.
19-George Juschik, Poland, ss2:07:s4.