Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-17
BESTS GAVUzz
BY 3 MINUTES
N. J. Cop VIII Get $25, 600;
Transcontinental Time
Lowered SO Hours

LOS ANGELES, Cal, June IT,
RD-Bronzed Of skin, haggard Of
face, and worn to the point Of ex-
haustion, Johnny Salo, So, has con-
quered 2:6:35 miles Of prairies, des-
erts and mountains to win c. C..
Pyle's transcontinental foot raoe and
the SIS 900 first prize.
BY o margin Of but minutes and
Al seconds Salo triumphed in the
gruelling grind from New York City.
That slim lead he held over Pete
Gavuzzi, 1l5-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.
It 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 wiry Gavuzzi in the last IS 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
10 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 u hours behind Ca
vuzzi, but in position for third place
money-$6, 000-came Giusto Umek
of italy, who plodded from coast
TO coast in $50 hours, As minutes
and 81 seconds. Sam Richman OF
New York. was next. ready to take
the $500 prize for fourth place
with a total of ST. hours, 20 min
utes and 20 seconds.
A college youth. Paul Simpson.
or Burlington. N. c., registered 586
hours, 30 minutes and So seconds
to garner fifth place and $500.
Sixth in line was Philip Granville,
Indian from Hamilton. Ont. who
walked and loped an aggregate of
6lS hours, 81 minutes and % sec
onds for S2,250 OF the pot Of gold"
at the transcontinental yainbow's
end.
A four-mile jaunt from Hunting
ton park, a suburb, TO Wrigley field,
here, preceded the 26-mile 385 yard
reFlxlation marathon.
IL tbs four-mile stretch Salo
slashed four minutes and 2 2-5 sec
onds from the nine-minute Sc 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 a second. and
gradually stretched his margin un-
hi, at the l6-mile post. he was more
han 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 70 days to span the continent.
six less than were required In last
years jaunt over the west to east
course. The time made bv the run
ners was approximately so hours fas-
ter than the elapsed time of Andy
Payne. Claremore. Okla. who cap
tured the first transcontinental jog.
This years renewal Of the derby
started from New York March 81.
The elapsed time table:
Johnny Salo. Passaic. N. j..
~525:57:20: Pete GavuZzi. England.
526:00:o7: 3.-Giusto Umek. Italy.
S~38:46:52: Sam Richman. New
York. 571:29:29: 5-Paul Simpson.
Burlington. N. O., $50 .2n:53; e.
Phillip Granville. Hamilton. Ont.
61S:54:23; TN. B. Mcnamara.
Australia. 627:45:2a: al
Fedeman. New York. 631 90 :48: g.
Harry AbramoYitz. New York. 634.-
1880; 10.-Mike Joyce. Cleveland.
Ohio. $50 :n2:52: 1l.-Guv Shields.
Pitcher. Okla. 6~s8:17:2o: l2.-Elwin
Harbine. Santa Rosa. Cal. 727:56.-
IS: Elmer Cowley. Clifton, N. j..
T42:00:27: 14.-Pat Harrison. Miami.
Ariz.. "748:20:51: I5.-Joe Spangler.
New York. 755:59:14: 16-George
Rehavn. GERMANY. 765 :OO:52: "
Charles Eskins. Eyyira. Ohio. 793.-
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