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YOUNG ATHLETEPASSES THROUGHON A LONG HIKEFOlTOOMEY OF NEW ENGLAND WALKING FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO ON A WAGER OF S2.000.TofTutT.honThemeiMe:CofofNoiof Ho Ho] erChHiThe „Tribune-Chief office had a I S. visitor Thursday evening who at- Polt; 11 tracted considerable attention all | son over town. He made himself | ant known to us as T. E. Toorney of Providence, R. I., 22 years old, ele who was making a six thousand as mile hike, and on his las lap * now Joi s I having walked already 4490 miles. Relt; The young man left New York cej 11 on October 18th on a wager of | Coi» I $2,00, and is to complete his walk by June 30th. He is permitted to f | earn his way by the sale of pic-1 cai i ture postcards but resort to no oth- inj If er means of livelihood. Phn Being a former aviator, Mr. Bil i Toomey, who is a well educated Re e and pleasant young man, is still an:0 I wearing his army togs, and for cia _ eamping out is carrying along a by e pup tent and woolen blanket. Still, Ra 11 ne says, he gets cold sometimes in Jo r his khaki shirt during these cold coi e nights. Is wearing army shoes, and pl« r. has wore out four -pairs of soles co s during the trip. ws 5, Does not think he will ever under- th: t take another hike of the magni- of e tude of the present one, though j es1 •-1 he has been having good times, andlooks the picture of robust health, y I Several adventures, some of them y not so pleasant, befell him on the s- road.r In West Virginia he passed thru ;- a moonshine district, where a gun », was held to his head a couple of I-1 times by mountaineers who took him for a revenue officer, and would have killed him without hesitancy if he had been unable to con-01 vince them that he was but a harmless traveler.Mr. Toomey say£ he does not mind cold weather much but being a Northerner dreads the hot weath-. I er he will have to face shortly in l* the Arizona desert. By the time he reaches San Francisco he will have walked 6,290 miles.At times he gets lonesome, and longs for a pal. Thought at one , time about getting a dog as a com-Y i panion, but rea-lized in the desert when he has to pack water along, he would have no business carrying water for a dog, too.Being a New Englander, he is often asked in the South what kind of a foreigner he is, and frequent-I ly has trouble convincing the questioner that he is neither English nor Scotch, but just an American boy eager for adventure.The Film Press club of New York is backing the young fellow whose grit is to be admired.bePivainpeindee-rew!trirleo-PithejscaiFtlatsis•s.ae
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Quanah Tribune Chief
Quanah, Texas, US
Tue, May 10, 1921
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