| Show Sixteen Sixteen- Year Sixteen Year Old Girl New p Marvel of Swimming World I t New York May 31 Miss Miss Ethelda of ot the New ew York Women's S. S A. A the yung young schoolgirl who won the thc national yard ard A A. A A. A U. U swimming championship In the tho winter Inter pool at Brighton Beach Is Js Americas America's latest aquatic marvel mancl Sixteen years old and a novice less than one year ear car ago she sIte stands toa today a title holder a worlds world's and probably the tho most brilliant prOspect In Inthe Inthe inthe the fIeld Held of or water sport for women Since she sprang her first surprise on April 5 when she set an official worlds world's standard of 38 5 4 5 for tor tift fifty yard rard back baek tn I. I n v n. n b t enty l tool foot p pool ol she has performed feats tents which stamp her one of oC the greatest young oung mermaids ever cr devel devel- Two In particular give he an Idea of her wonderful possibilities On April AprilIS IS 18 in Pittsburgh competing in the tho national national national na na- na- na ll yard ICO-yard O artl back str stroke ke championship champion champIon- ship she swam within inches IncItes of oC Miss lIss Ruth Smith of Columbus the winner who beat worlds world's time and herself hersel finIshed finished finished fin fin- under the old mark The following following follow follow- ing InS day after a sleepless night on the train for she was unable to secure Pullman accommodations she won the yard national free froe style title at Brighton and covered ered the course in 7 40 5 4 which leaves lea hardly a doubt she would have ha lowered d the International international Indoor record of 7 31 5 2 5 had she not nt t been exhausted from tho the strenuous trip from Pittsburgh These hese achievements with others al almost almost al- al most as good at free style sprinting d denote on the part of or Miss all round ability n never ner er attained b by a fair contestant o of or IG or b by a more more mature mature ma ma- I ture turc one in the tho same len length th of ot time The They predict for her even en greater success success success suc suc- cess the during Juring th approaching outdoor son season when th national championships championships champion champlon- ships at longer lonser distances come up for tor decision Sh She has been bren made to practice practice practice tice chiefly over r FOO rOO to 1000 yard stretches stretcher so 0 that she has developed ex exceptional exceptional ex- ex I endurance Miss stroke has caused a good Rood deal cleM of ot favorable comment She uses use the double crawl wiTh wl a aix six ix beat leg drive and a slow powerful arm action noticeable and I gliding smoothly through the water apparently with the least effort A remarkable and rather unusual feature of or her swimming Is that she he keeps keep her form oven even when tired Rhema She Rhe ma may be played out at the p nd of or a hard race but she never ne shows shoW's It Her stroke Invariably remains clean and correct to the very cr last Mi Miss MIs sudden rise to fame Is particularly gratifying ng because of the plan on foot toot to send send a team of P r- r f t i. i I j I I t VI MS II S ngy water carnival n ye vear r At the tho sensational sensational sensational sen sen- rate she I Is improving improving- it seems a n. foregone conclusion she will bo be among the leading candidates when the time comes to 8 select a representation American mermaids to the Olympic |
