Show Little Chap Startles Aquatic Fans at Deseret Des ret Gymnasium Little Gordon Van Buren Aged Eight and Weighing Only F Forty five Pounds Rescues Man t Who Weighs Three Times as Much i From Swimming Summing Pool By Selm a a Miller ROOF that swimming Is not a matter of size or age either for that P PROOF I J matter Is bein being demonstrated daily under the very noses of Salt Lake JL people by little Gor Gordon on Van Buren Duren ago age S 8 years rears son of Fred Van VanBuren Buren mens men's director at the Deseret J gymnasium sized sack of or flour five fifty Although not weighing more than a good or pounds to bo be o exact this chap is startling water fans of oC the tho city with his ills unusual aquatic abilities Never before in tho the history of the gymnasium has lias a child demonstrated such assurance and po power er of endurance in water as fla UI h he ho i Tho The most remarkable feat recently ac accomplished accomplished ac- ac I by this child wonder is that of ot towing towing- his father Fred Van Buren a aI aman aman I 1 man weighing pounds from tim the center conter cen con ter of oC tho the pool to safety To develop I the ability of the te bo boy Mr Van Yan Buren swims to the tho middle of the tho pool and anti antii I sinks to the bottom bottoni Then tho the young i I rescuer liVes dives boldly in to the thc r rescue and I raises the thc make believe drowning man to the tho surface places his hands and arms armson armson on the tho sl side e of ot his fathers father's head in the ap approved approved ap- ap proved rescue fashion an and swimming I ap-I only with wilh the aid nIl of his leS le'S legs and amI feet tows him to safet safety This is considered b by men with swimming swim ming mine experience to bo O remarkable when the tho size of the tho tin tiny rescuer is compared with that of the tho rescued Mr Ir Van Yan Buren I has lias repeated this sinking In In the thc middle of 01 the pool twelve twel times in succession with no delt delay between an any and anel this same feat has been beon accomplished by ny the son each time lime One of oC the tho main reasons for I tho success of oC the tho boy in accomplishing S this Is due to hl his excellent breathing according ac ae- ae cording to Mr Van Yan BUren Buron Young Gordon had his first experience in tho water last August when accordInG according accord accord- ing to his OW own way of or putting it It ho he was some Through the thc constant use of ot water wings on several of or his first entrances into the pool young Gordon learned learn ell tho the various strokes and finally discarded l carded the tho win wines for tho the sissies With a few moro more trials In the tho pool came camo the tho ability to sta stay under water I until today he surpasses the tho average man swimmer In performing this difficult resides besides beIng able to swim yards under ordinary conditions condition or one-fourth one of or a mile under test he has learned to dive In a straight ht plunge o this lad lati can dive dlo a ti distance of oC nino twenty feet or nearly o n neros s tho tim Deseret gymnasium able to execute a good pool JOol besides being back bacle dive from tho the springboard Not ol the dreams o of other youths who may picture themselves cs heroes or brilliant statesmen or a Hoose wild wUrl animal hunter as 9 a climax to their life's lifes efforts young Gordon Cordon sees Jee tho the great cat Charles M. M Daniels as his ideal when he lie roaches reaches manhood And to demonstrate that he ho believes in thin tho old adage adago tda o that thero there Is no royal road rOld to learning young youn Gordon Cordon practices his aquatic tactics diligently |