Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-06 | Page 15 | Trainer Who Walked Home Willing to Do it Again for Another Win

Trainer Who Walked Home Willing To Do It Again for Another Win SPOKANE Wash Nov Nay 6 UP UP- UP PiRoy Ro Roy Mauro who wall walked ed 82 miles for a football victory soaked his battered feet in salt water Wednesday and pondered pandered on the value of aC thinking before speaking He ended a three day walk from Crom Pullman to Spokane e Tuesday night in fulfillment of a promise he made to the Ganza Gonzaga a football squad before the Washington State game last Saturday He was exhorting them to attain at at- tam lain tain physical perfection for lor the game Why if Jf you fellows will get into condition condition good enough to whip those thase Cougars he cried Ill walk ever every foot foal of the way back to Spokane Which was talking without thinking After the game he didn't think either cither and rode all the wa way back to Spokane before his error was discovered A football player found him in a hotel demanded that he go back to Pullman and walk Back Mauro went vent and Sunday morning he started walking in zero near weather Tuesday night he reached Spokane to be greeted by bj the city's acting ma mayor or Frank G. G Sutherlin a thousand or more football fans lans and a band They hoisted him to a platform put him in front frant of a microphone and carried him to the theater where he told about his trip Yes it was tough he shouted but Ill I'll do the same thing again if that team of mine beats Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington State next year