SWIMMING.
f Australian <.t N.Z. Cable Association.J NEW YORK, January 10. Young was the only one out of the starters to finish the contest. Meyers, of Cincinnati, gave up when only a mile and a-half from the shore. Norman Ross, of Chicago, was tho favourite to win. He swam even with Young for a time aL the start, but he gave up a mile and a halt behind Young, some twenty-five minutes before Young finished. Young’s average crawl stroke throughout was titty-four to the minute. COLD WATER STOPS 90. NEW YORK, January 16. A field of ninety-six swimmers started in the contest to swim the twentytwo miles between Santa Catalina ana the mainland, which Young non. The contestants included eight women. The swim started at 11.90 o’clock on Saturday morning. Owing to tho cold water, fewer than half a down of tho contestants finished.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1927, Page 1
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