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Show WESTON IN NEHORK Walks Across Continent at 72 Years of Age in 77 Days New York, May 2. Edward Payson I Weston's record-breaking walk acroxj the continent Is virtually at an end. I At S:3G todar he set foot on Man- hattau island, crossing Kings Bridga 1 over the Spuyten Duyvil creek. Cheered Cheer-ed by thousands of persons and fol . lowed by a constantly increasing crowd, he walked down Broadway on the last few miles of bis journey to the city hall. j Weston set out early today on tho last twenty miles of his ocean to ocean, walk begun at Los Angeles, Cal., February Feb-ruary 1. Weston, in tho original program, called for covering of the distance, from the Pacific to the Atlantic approximately ap-proximately 3.4S0 miles In ninety walking days. In the face of storms, numerous minor accidents and, in th last stages of tho Journey, a sprained, ankle, Weston has made it in 77 days. Interesting as is this accomplishment accomplish-ment from the viewpoint of sport, it assumos the chnractr of greatneps, when it is considered that Weston 13 72 years old. Last year Weston attempted to cross the continent on foot in TOO days, but severe storms rnccuntTodt in the lat duys of tho Journey mado it Impossible to complete the wJlc on time, but ho did not give up and Completed Com-pleted the task In 103 days. Weston stopped for two houre-at a hotel at Sevmty-scond street and Broadway, the pan so having been mado bo that ho would not reach tho city haJl ahead of thrtA. Aftr a lunch of tea and toraV h started out at 1 o'fllocfc a tha final Ptaro ot the Jouroey. An to came out of tho hotel, he was greeted by a crowd which ' pacJfed tho flldowolka from C8th to Hth. BtMets. |