Show M M M MM MH B M B American n a-n Men Swimmers Now Rated the Fastest V In Iii World With Women Making Great Strides I V 6 V I V Charlotte Doyle Since Intro Introduction of Cra Crawl Stroke Yankees r Have Outstripped Outstripped Out Out- stripped All CO Competitors I I I 1 I Performances In no sport have been S 5 so greatly Improved e In tho last fifteen years cars as swimming s rn and to today ay tho the swimmers of ot the United States arc the best In In Inthe the tho world This is certainly true of oC the sterner sex an and It is a a. qu question If It it Is not also the case with our women who aro are adepts adopts In aquatics Possibly Fann Fanny Durack and Mina WYlie Vy y yI I lie lic the Australian stars tars ma may be able I to defeat the tho bc bet best t of or the tho fair tall swimmers swim swim- mers and n if they can only adjust their differences with the Amateur Athletic union some of t the most Interesting competition of ot the year should ensue Tho The bone bonc of or contention is ib whether these two young oun Australian women should be allowed to mal make o a tour of JC f the coun country tn with a a. male manager George H H. Do Dowsing a Seattle promoter promo promo- ter or be lie accompanied b by a chaperon The bod body governing amateur athletics in the United States frowns on the idea of ot competitors barn storming with witha a manager as It savors too much of ot professionalism It seems to be he a case j I of splitting hairs however howe cr cr to distinguish distin- distin i between A chaperon In a case of this kind and a mana manager er There is no I reason w why a a woman c could ouM not act as asa asa a l manager as well as a man A year car carno I ngo no the two Australian girls came caine to tills this countr country but were verc not allowed to i compete because of or a n disagreement over o the chaperon tho they ha had chosen to I accompany them and thc they ha hart had their j trip half way aroun around l the world t without without without with- with out the satisfaction of competing here I lovers of sport arc they the will ettle their difficulties so that it may mav a. a 1 be determined if American women lead Ical I the thc world as ns I I At one lime time Australians set tho the p pace c I or I all swimmers That Thal was in the lays Ilar before the time Yankees hart had learned to master the crawl stroke The great swimmer r of twenty years ear M- M MNO NO so ago ngo Cavill is generally s credited with being r the thc Inventor In of or this method propulsion through the water and It aJl revolutionized re swimming for peed American athletes have ha been quick to adopt methods which tend to out tho the h best st results and then theno o 0 improve c on them As soon Roon as the I I raw stroke was drought J to this courtry coun- coun ry on rv tho the record hooks books ha had to be bc re from mm top 1 to tJ bottom holtom Charles M. M r. r Daniels of the New ew York lork club was one of the thc first to orin Into world worl wide prominence h the perfection of oC this stroke Fifteen years ears ago ao he was practically unbeatable and when he lie retired there were not mati many who thought ht that his narks marks would soon be bc beaten New swimmers wimmers however cr cr came caine along along- who vere cre able to speed through h tho the water 1 r faster easter than ever e he hc did and anti toda today mo most t or Of f his bis fl figures ures h have e been heen cn beaten n. Sortie Some of or Daniels' Daniels marks maries mado made a dozen years ago are still on tin tho the books but they are arc records for Cor distances with various numbers of or turns In looking over the tho table of oC records It looks as If It thero should bo be some standard sot set for tor record rec rec- ord orri performances At tho the present time Norman Ross noss of ot California stands out ut as prominently as Daniels did In his day diy when he was wS easily tho the worlds world's greatest swimmer In some Ross Is la even a 1 greater great great- reat or er all around performer He lie Has proved I himself unbeatable in Europe in every style He lIe not only Is a wonderful sprinter but he Is equally good at long Jone- I distances is speedy speed with tho the back backstroke backstroke stroke and als also in the tho free style He lie HeIJ Heia ia iu also an exceptionally good water ater polo player An Any athlete who can win five nc ch championships Is more or less a superman an lie He had th the hottest sort of or competition in the games but ho came through with a perfect score Among those whom he hc defeated was W. W Longworth of or Australia who is s a worlds world's re record or l holder On top of his Live five victories he hc scored two out of or Americas America's three points in the water polo poJo contest an and wa was wag the star of ot the rela relay team This Is a a record which should stand for tor man many years cars to come He lIe has seven en worlds world's records to his credit made mae in various waters of ot the theUn Un United Ite States It is only in the last five fie years cars or oro oro orso so o the women swimmers of oC the United States have havo shown startling progress Since the tho ho A. A A Ai U. U decided to foster Coster women's swimming events there has hag been been a rapid l advance Misses Claire Galligan and Charlotte Boyle Bole ha have rl had V practically a monopoly on tho the championships Miss liss Galligan has been In a n class b by herself from o yards up Last year car she won the sOn and three mile swims swim In practically e cr every event e in which sho she started sire she v was vaa aa never nC worse than third Miss lIss Boyle nole wa her closest rival tho ito former being a a bit faster in the sprints sprint an and very cr nearly matched matche with her at longer distances in the tho Metropolitan In Indoor fifty let yards championship Miss showed a goo good turn of or speed and swam a dead heat with Miss Bo Boyle laThe la The latter won from her rival rhal In the Iho half haIr mile Metropolitan Olga Do Doerfner of ot Philadelphia and Dor Dorothy th Burns nurn of L Los s Angeles eles arc are two other women swimmers who vho figured stron strongly I In championship events Miss Boyle and Miss however stand and out strongly and It surely will be a loss to sport If IC the two Australian stars are aro not given the thc opportunity to pit their skill against the Americans There Thero aro are a lot of ot youngsters comin coming corning com corn in ing along fast and before the tho season Heason Is finished thero Is likely to o be pore than ono one new champion crowne crowned Mrs Mm In Coming Here If Ie present plans materialize Mrs Frances Cowells of or San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco champion mermaid of JC the tho Pacific coast coast will start shortly on a n. competitive tive tI tour which will wUl land h her r In this city by mid Aus Particular Interest interest Inter inter- est cst attaches to tho the prospect of or her I visit for Cor sho has been doing such reI re- re swimming In tho the last few I weeks that Californians arc are predicting confidently she hc will Ill lower lower lowermost most o of oC the thc worlds world's records for Cor women before tho the thoI I su summer Is over Furthermore I If C reports re rc- ports of or her Latest performances may maybo maybo maybo bo bo credited and the they are 10 vouched for forb forby forby b by well weB known officials the confidence conCi dence Is well warranted Competing recently at Santa Cruz Mrs swam yards treo free freestyle st style le leIn In 19 3 In a foot 60 pool and I this time Is well un under er the listed Isted In International In in- I mark of JC Tm 31 m. m 2 for Cor a I foot 75 pool even after aller full allowance I Is made for tor the advantage gained at atthe atthe at the turns At itt t the same meet she I turned yards ards with tho the back stroke e In mi m. m as a against the worlds world's standard of ot Im 31 n 2 2 s. s made mae In a a. a 7 73 s foot toot bath hath and m a few Cew days das later she shedid I did dill O yards ards with the crawl in m. m I flat which Is within less than titan II I one second of oC the thc record held b by Miss Fannie Durack of ot Australia I Remembering therefore that the I coast star covered yards a year Clr i ago itrO In 36 35 2 Cs s. s about tort forty seconds behind worlds world's figures and that her recent feats demonstrated conclusively I she he has improved ed greatly g since there Is Ir good reason to believe she has de developed de- de tho the necessary speed to better belter the half an and anil one mile marks under uner faye favorable conditions Whatever her ability V nevertheless she will find rind rivals well ivell worthy orthy of her mettle amon among the girls of the New NewYork NewYork ew I York omens Women's Swimming association In sprinting she has yet to equal the j 50 60 and yard arll times timeS' of Miss Charlotte Charlotte Char Char- lotte Doyle Boyle national champion at the latter latter distance Over the lon longer er courses courses' both Miss Boyle an and Miss Il s I IC S. S C Cl N AM 1 s S VS 4 V V V t V V 1 5 V i. i V S SY 1 I f V V 55 t. t S t. t V.- V. z r Z I l S V V V V t- t t tt r V VV V t- t tr r I I l I S j v p I I M z 0 t i i title titleholder titleholder Ethelda the yard ard hol holder cr ma may be bo counted upon to force her bier to her best paces In back stroke e swimming sho she will have havo to reckon with Miss and the Misses lIsses Ruth Huth and Eleanor Elcanor Smith the famous I I little twin mermaids just recruited from Columbus Ohio three rivals who have o officially displayed worlds world's record record record rec rec- ord speed at this style f of r All In all Mrs Irs expected appearance In American waters promises promises prom prom- to t be lie the means of ot providing some of or the best racing ever er seen among among- I lad lady swimmers |