The Great American Foot Race

	FRANCIS T. OTTO Chicago, IL Otto was born in Chicago 22 years ago and is little known as a runner. He is a husky youth who will depend on his strength to carry him through. Otto has trained for months and has great confidence.		CANZIE PADULA Braddock, PA A native of Italy who has entered from Pennsylvania. He is 33 years old and came to the United States when he was 18 years old. He has trained hard for the race and promises to start in the best condition.
	ANDREW PAYNE Claremore, OK An athletic product of Oklahoma high school. Ran in the State Championships at Norman. Has trained faithfully on Oklahoma roads for many months and is a strong lad and a natural runner who depends on his youth and strength. See featured runner		JOHN E. PEDERSON Spokane, WA Pederson is 43 years old and has been on the cinders for 27 years. His time for the 15 mile Times Marathon was one hour and 27 minutes. Ran the 32 mile Seattle endurance race in a little over three hours.
	NICK PERISICK Long Beach, CA Here is a lad only 18 years old who knows how to cover the ground. He is another one of many youngsters who will race under the California banner and promises to be there at the finish.		LOUIS J. PERRELLA Albany, NY Perrella has hiked through 45 states and parts of both Canada and Mexico with a complete camping outfit on his back. He has a record of running 45 miles in five hours and 75 miles in 12 hours and 30 minutes.
	JACK PHILLIPSON Denver, CO Winner of the ten mile championship and the 26 mile marathon at Wheeling, WV. Also, the five mile title at Chicago. Won his first race in 1898 at the Queen Victoria Diamond Celebrations in England. Has raced with the best		CECIL PINEO Dover, NH Pineo has good runs to his credit in the Marathons at Oakland, San Francisco and Boston, as well as being a veteran of the Dipsea contests in California. He is 29 years old.
	GEORGE POIKONEN Painesville, OH Poikonen is another entrant from the land of great runners. He left his home in Finland to come to America a few years ago, and has been employed in the car shops in Painesville since that time.		JAMES A. POLLARD Reno, NV Pollard was placed among the leaders in the San Franscisco Bulletin Marathon in 1928. He is a member of the YMCA Athletic Club of Reno. He is a native of Nevada and is 26 years old.
	NICK QUAMAWAHU Oraibi, AZ The sensational Hopi Indian runner who won the Long Beach - New York Marathon in 1927, from a field of over two hundred runners. Quamawahu is 27 years old. He has been training for months for the race to New York. See featured runner		HARRY REA North Long Beach, CA Another dark horse without a past in the running record book. Rea is a native born Englishman from Birmingham. He is 36 years old and hopes to be among the first Californians to finish.
	GEORGE M. REHAYN Daly City, CA Rehayn is 40 years old and is a native of Berlin, Germany who has had many tests in long distance running and walking. He is also a good bicycle rider. He is a vegetarian.		HAROLD RICHARDSON Los Angeles, CA Richardson is a native of Maryland. He was born at Crystal 27 years ago. He offers no past history as a runner and has entered the race to New York under a Los Angeles registry.

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