Copy of newspaper clipping – “They Cheered Start of Peoria-St. Louis Marathon” – Photo of just a block of the crowds along the river front in front of Peoria fromMainStreet to the south limits, cheering the little craft as they sprang forward in the Peoria-St. Louis Outboard Motor boat marathon Sunday morning at the boom of the signal cannon. No event in recent water events has atttracted the nationwide attention of this race in which a Peoria boat was first among a field of 65 boats, and set a new world record for outboards to shoot at.