22-MILE SWIM.
AMERICAN EVENT. WIN FOR CANADIAN YOUTH* - (BT CABLE—PBIS3 ASBOCIATK»r—OOWMQHT.) (AUSTBALIAN AHD K.E. CABLS ASSOCUTIOJt.) NEW YORK, January 16. A Los Angeles message says that George Young, aged 17, of Toronto, Canada, won the Catalina Channel swim, in an official time of 15hr 42min. A field of 96 started on the swim of 22 miles between Santa Catalina and the mainland. The contestants included eight women, and the race started at 11.30 on Saturday morning. Young received the 25,000 dollars Wrigley prize. It is expected that film contracts and other awards will provide an additional 75,000 dollars. THE ONLY FINISHER. . - (Received January 17th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 16. Young was the only one of the 98 starters to finish. Meyers, of Cincinnati, gave up a mile and a half from the shore. Norman Ross, of Chicago, who was favoured to win. swam even with Young for a time at the start hut fave up a mile and a half behind oung, twenty-five minutes before Young finished. Young's average crawl stroke throughout was 54 to the minute. N.Z. CRICKET.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18902, 18 January 1927, Page 7
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