OCR Text |
Show I : WALKING IS A HOBBY FOE 1 1 TIIIS MAN WHO IS ON HIS I : WAY TO NEW YORK CITY IFnrv, Speedbaii nnnn, walker of world fmnc. arrived In Ocdm today on n hike ih.it at.irtcd at Juneau. l:.ka, omc nAntli5 i;o The veteran traveler was I loaded down with Inters from mayors of I fiarloua eitioir. .upplie.i and other materials mater-ials Tvhlrh are nitrrfffmry on such a trlr. 'nnon resided In .Vow York City and. during his seliool da :. wa ; noted as one of the bcsl athletic stars that ever cavorted ca-vorted around the diamond at Harvard If leisure moments arc employed In taU-t taU-t I bis i ter.t attempt at the hiklnc reme wm made on a wncer Wlttl , an unci) Honrv Chnttham. of New fork win his bet hr must he In N'cw Tork C'ltv before November 15. at which time , he will win $16,000, providing he arrives on that date, and b.QW his credentials thnt he has tramped from Juneau to Now- : York. On the trip from luneau. Cannon has . worn out flfd-en pair. of first -das shoe r:eventy-'lKht pairs of pocks, three hiking suits and a number of other garments. He departed early this afternoon for Morgan, from which place he will walk oast to Cheyenne, Omaha, Chicago and then New York. By profession, ("nnnon Is a mining en- glneer, but h hobby he Is a walker. Cannon creatrvl quite a sensation when he arrived In Ogden today Large crowds gathered on Hudson avenue to give the tr.-ivcler a welcome. He stated that his I rip from 'be northwest had iwrn made in fast time and that he was eager to icncw hio Journey. For each day that he is late in arming1 In New York ho forfeits for-feits $1,000. "The grcAt outdoor life is th onlv life." said Cannon, ihla morning "In the early days the Indian lived the life oi lives. They enjoyed the open air. the cold weather of the wlnt-T and the sun's rays in the .summer. ' In my travels I have lived In the opon. .im the picture of health and feel Ju-?t is fit as when I held down the short-field short-field position on the championship H.r-vard H.r-vard aggregation In I !06 Although I haven t had much chance to flgine out the White Sox and Reds. I am satisfied that Tat Sforan'a men will win the championship." |