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ARTHUR
E. KILLINGSWORTH
Lomis, CA
A product of Washington State College who has trained for distance.
Killingsworth is 34 years old and was born in Oklahoma. While he has
no past history in competition he has a great stride and plenty of
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WILLIAM
E. KITTO
Los Angeles, CA
A native of Little Rock, AR who has walked to Los Angeles from Denver.
Kitto is 28 years old and a member of the California team who can
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WILLIE
KOLEHMAINEN
New York, NY
Member of the famous family of distance runners. His records are
too numerous to chronicle here. Kolehmainen entered the race from
New York and is being backed by the Gothamites to trot into the
Yankee Stadium in first place.
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JOSEPH
KONIGSEDER
Los Angeles, CA
Konigseder is a native of Germany who has entered the race under
a Los Angeles registry. He is 42 years old and a veteran of the
trails. He can furnish no past racing history, but will depend on
his natural strength to carry him through. |
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KARL
L. LARSEN
Los Angeles, CA
A native of Denmark who will race under the California emblem in the
race. Larsen is 23 years old and has had much cross-country and distance
competition in Denmark. |
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LAURI
LEHTO
New York, NY
Born in Finland, the land which has produced many of the world's greatest
distance runners. Among the leaders in the recent 400 mile army hike.
Will be among the New York runners trying to reach their home town
first. |
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DICK LESAGE
Montreal, Canada
One of the group of runners who will strive to carry the Canadian
emblem across the finish line in front. Lesage is an all around performer
with good records in hockey, rugby, lacrosse and baseball. |
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GEORGE
LIEBERGALL
Bellevue, Alberta
Native of Germany. Competed in five mile running contests in Cardston,
Letherbridge, Blairmore, as well as two such events in Bellevue, winning
all of them. Was invariably the winner in foot races while at school
in Germany. |
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JURI
LOSSMAN
Esthonia
Lossman is the great runner from Esthonia who finished only a few
yards behind H. Kolehmainen in the 1920 Olympic Marathon. He is
well known throughout the world and is bound to be one of sensations
of the race.
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JOSEPH MADORE
Torrance, CA
Madore is one of the older contestants who will try his stamina
on the long string of highways. He will appear under a California
registry and says he will see the Yankee stadium. |
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PAT MAHONEY
Long Beach, CA
Here is a great 15 mile runner. Mahoney has a fine record in the
army. Born in New York 32 years ago, he has been in competition
for many years and expects to be among the Californians to finish.
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PAUL
A. MCCARTHY
Los Angeles, CA
McCarthy was born in Cecil, OH and has just passed his 21st birthday.
He has a good record in high school competition on the cinder track.
He is also a good baseball and basketball player. |
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ALEXANDER
B. MCMILLAN
Los Angeles, CA
Born in Belfast, Ireland, 37 years ago. McMillan has been both a track
and long distance runner for some time. He has a good record as a
wrestler and counts on his natural endurance to carry him through. |
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ROY
MCMURTRY
Indianapolis, IN
The champion one-armed athlete. In spite of his handicap McMurtry
has a great athletic record. Has covered five miles in 12 minutes. In
1922 he negotiated the distance from Indianapolis to San Francisco
in 20 days.
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MIKE B.
MCNAMARA
New York, NY
A native of Australia who has competed in races from 440 yards to
ten miles in Central Queensland. He is a great distance racer who
can stand the strain of the long grind. McNamara is 37 years old. |
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HAROLD A. MCNUTT
Alberta, Canada
This entrant's claim is based on long distance hikes during his army
career and in the lumber woods of British Columbia, during which periods
he walked many thousands of miles. Training for the Trans-Continental
he hiked from Vancouver to Los Angeles. |
