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Show ENGLISH WALKERS DEFEAT AMERICANS The English walking team retained the Deseret gym walking championship last night against the American team by winning win-ning in a four-mile contest by a quarter of a lap. Five miles was the initial distance, dis-tance, but as only eight men could be mustered by the defenders of Uncle Sam the contest was shortened a mile. Each member traveled one-half mile, or seven laps. The final time was 32:53 2-5. Several times walkers on both sides started a dog trot anil were warned, but ; no one was disqualified, j At the start Sperry. for the Americans. was lapped by Churchill of the English I team and was seven-eic.iths of a lap be- hind at the close of the half mile. Georgo Porter (English) gained a quarter of a mile, but Johnson (American) regained all the lost pround and had several feet to spare. From then on the Americans led by a quarter of a lap until Richard Onions (English) came through with a fast half mile and won the race for the English. The following team, as representative of the police department, has been selected se-lected by Charles Lane. physical director, di-rector, to take part in the five-mile relay walking race at tiie De?eret gymnasium New Year's mornlnc at 11 o'clock: F. P. Tripp, humane office: Patrolmen W. F. Crow, J. P. Emery, Leon Mavhue. C. M. Gregory. R. Marchant. D. H. Clavton. "vV. H Kendrlckson. Charles Jorge nson. C. A. Middleton,. J. G. Smith and T. W. Mil-ner. |