Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-07-12 | Page 18 | Hebner of Chicago Astonishes Swimmers

HEBNER OF CHICAGO ASTONISHES SWIMMERS Tribune Special Sporting Service. NEW YORK- July 11. The youngest athleto who sailed for the Olympic games on the steamer Philadelphia was Harry llebncr, or the Illinois Athletic club, of Chicago, the greatest aquatic find of the indoor swimming senson of 1908 Heb-ner Heb-ner Is but sixteen years old, and a few months ago was totally unknown, but under un-der the care of Instructor Frrtk Sullivan Sulli-van he entered his competitive career last fall, and since then he has been constantly con-stantly and prominently before tho public. pub-lic. First It was a tank record that he established for the fifty-yard sprint, then a defeat of tho speedy Marguard Schwartz In a 100-yard race, then a victory In the National championships, nnd finally the winning of a place on the Olympic team. Hcbncr has a brilliant future before him. He has a stroke that experts have pronounced pro-nounced as good as any seen in this country. coun-try. He Is strong and enduring, and he has youth. It should be remembered that ut the age of sixteen Daniels had never beaten J ;0S for 100 yards, and here wo havo a boy of the age who crawls his century under the minute and goes his furlongs well under 2:10. Barring accidents, acci-dents, he should prove a more modern and faster edition of the "human pickerel." pick-erel." American swimmers have groat hope in Hebner. He has been coming very fast, of late, and there Is every prospect of his placing in the 100 meters event at tho Shepherd's bush. It Is a question whether any but C M. Daniels and Zol-ton Zol-ton do Halmny will be found to beat sixty seconds for 100 yards, and if the Chicago youngster can equal his recent performances, perform-ances, which seems more than likely, he should undoubtedly nose into third place In the classic sprint.