HARRY ABROMOWITZ
New York, NY
New York Metropolitan one mile walking champion and record-holder. Abromowitz won the first Baltimore Marathon walk and was a runner-up in the National Championships. He is 21 years old and a native of New York.

GAUDENCIO ALANA
Petaluma, CA
Another Filipino with a gift for running. A member of the Spartan Club and Petaluma High School track teams. He has competed in the Healdsburg and Petaluma Marathons. He is only 20 years old and has trained faithfully for the race.

LOUIS R. ALFANO
Pasadena, CA
A native of Italy who will carry the California colors in the race. Alfano has much running experience and natural strength which he depends on to carry him through to the finish. He is 25 years old.

R. PAUL ALLEN
Monrovia, CA
Born in Abingdon, IL, 23 years ago. Allen is a powerful runner over six feet tall with much experience in distance trials. He will be counted on by his California friends to be well up at the finish.

PAUL ALLENFORT
San Jacinto, CA
Allenfort is a native of Wisconsin who has no running past. He has trained hard for the long trail to New York and will be among the many runners who carry the California emblem. He is 33 years old.

LESTER N. ANDERSON
Elsinore, UT
Anderson is 27 years old and will run under the colors of his native town. He has no past history as a runner but enters the race with strong backing from his Utah admirers.

BERT ANDREE
Thorofare, NJ
Andree is a native of Michigan. He was born at Grand Rapids 33 years ago but plans to run in the race under the colors of the state of New Jersey. He has had little competition in the past.

HARRY ARAX
Fresno, CA
An Armenian, born in Constantinople with great running records. Winner of the 1922 30 mile National Athletic Club marathon. Second in the 45 mile run between Fresno and Tulare. Arax has a bike rider record for 100 miles.

ERNEST ATKINSON
Coldwater, NY
Atkinson is a native of England and winner of the ten mile races in Elsmere, Shottom, Birkhead and Whitby. These races were all held in England in 1924-25. He is 24 years old and a great runner.

A. G. BARNES
Middlefield, OH
Barnes is 30 years old and is a native of Chester, Ohio. Has a good record as a sprinter but this will be his first attempt at long distance. He has trained hard and has plenty of ability to take punishment.

JOHN F. BARRY
Salt Lake City, UT
Barry is an Irish-American, 26 years old and a native of Manchester, N.H. He has had no experience in the game of distance running but is a natural athlete and may be one of the dark horses.

LESTER A. BARTON
Los Angeles, CA
A native of Spingfield, Mo., who has a good record in high school and will depend on his natural ability to cover the ground and take punishment. He is entered in the race under the California banner.

MIKE M. BAZE
Huntington Park, CA
Born in Texas 23 years ago. Base had a great record in school running. Although his specialty was short distance events he is a strong runner. Baze promises to bring the California emblem across the finish line in New York.

MERT M. BEASLEY
San Diego, CA
Native of Lebanon, Mo. Has participated in numerous long hikes and much mountain climbing, was always leading at the finish, thereby proving the essential quality of endurance which marks the professional pedestrian.

A. M. BENDER
Waterloo, IA
Graduate of the University of Iowa with much cross-country and distance running experience. Bender is a native of Waterloo and is 25 years old. He starts with a long siege of training for this race and will finish well.

J. R. BEYERS
Harrah, OK
Beyers is 31 years old and was born in Missouri. He is a great hiker with a record between Summersville, Mo., to Deer River, Minn. He has had no competition since he left school.

E. M. BOCKOVER
Fullerton, CA
Bockover is 31 years old, a native of Illinois, who will run under a California registry. He ran in the San Francisco cross-country race in 1920 and has a good service record in athletics with the U. S. Navy.

EDWARD BOWERS
Providence, RI
A well-known distance performer in the Eastern districts. Holder of the go-as-you-please record from Providence, R.I., to Boston, Mass. Bowers covered the distance in 11 hours and 59 minutes for a new record.

KURT BRANDT
Baltimore, MD
Brandt is a native of Berlin, Germany, and is 32 years old. He has had much running experience throughout Germany. He has won no races of import but is coming a long way to enter the long grind to New York.

WM. H. BRATTON
Hoisington, KS
Bratton is a native of Kansas who has had little running experience outside of his high school. He is 22 years old and has been in training for nearly a year for the race.