Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-02 | Page 30 | Will Vie with Fish for Aquatic Honors

WILL VIE WITH FISH I Ii i FOR AQUATIC HONORS a could be more indicative G N NOTHING of the fact that sport reconstruction tion Uon Is on cn than the announcement by bythe bythe bytho the tho Deseret gymnasium that the an annual annun nn- nn nun nual 1 swimming handicaps are arc to be beheld beheld held again this year after being etI ex- ex I purged from Crom the tho gymnasium program last season due to a scarcity of or swim swim- I mers JUers The first event that ha has been announced is a yard sixty handicap that Is sot for March 19 With many lold old swimmers returning to the mom mcm- I rolls of oC the tho bg sport auditorium I and a host of new ducks overheating overheating over- over 1 heating the water with paddling every day the March event promises to be beI what gym g m authorities propose it to be I a n swimming reconstruction classic Ch Charley V Welch who is to the swimming swimming swim swim- I ming game ame in this city what old DillI Dill Bill Atlas is to the world always alYas holding I it up or c continually boosting it as usual has obtained a a. bunch of or medals and prizes that look like ho hn has been pilfering pil fering Cering an nn old Roman gladiators gladiator's boudoir boudoir boudoir bou bou- I doir to get Entrees to the match will have a a. a good swim for tor or their laurels and good laurels If it they swim f for r em says sas Welch elch I In tho the prewar days das when Gene Cane Glenn I Munn Cannon Scott Dahlquist George Gcorge Cannon and an uncountable raft of other sure suro wake makers maker split spilt the aqua at the Deseret water vater devotees de made mental l soup and bread out of ot I handicap records and anel champions One year ear of oC strife knocked water activities I I but the armistice and demobilization to swimming have acted like Wee a D. bottle bottlo of or Johnny Walker Valker to a dr dry state Weary Vean Willie Willie and and a a. great revival has taken place Not fe day passes at the local gymnasium slum but little informal contests are waged between the swimmers Interclass Interclass Interclass Inter- Inter class and class intra meets are held ever every week an and some wizards of the aqua are in embryo March i 1 19 will see some of or these buds and somo some of or orthe the old fl flower of oC water knighthood vie Ie for handicap honors Not ot all the old crew are back but familiar faces arc are to be bo seen Scott Dahlquist state stat champion speedster speedster speedster speed speed- ster In tank performance is around and about and although h Scotty has not declared himself in for the tho March 1 19 event Its event its a wise old bird that doesn't sa say anything anything- Munn Cannon who made dental history In the tho war and also won wona a n. commission occasionally fondles the gallons of or wet at tho gym m George Cannon although at the University of oC Utah d docs es not disdain a handicap or two a year at the old pool where he learned to paddle Soon after the handicap Interschool swimming matches are to be sta staged ed S says S 'S Instructor Welch Swims between en the university tho tilo Deseret gym and the Utah Agricultural tural college collego are nrc to be ar arranged arranged arranged ar- ar ranged If possible he ho declares I All AU in all It looks like pollywog work worle will be a splurge of ot big splashes locally local local- I ly in the approaching weeks