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Show OLYMPIC CHAMPION WINS SWIMMING RACE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. Norman , Rosp, Olympic club champion and holder hold-er of world's records, won the Examiner's cup rare across the Golden Gate this , mornins. The time was 21 minutes 13 1-5 seconds. 29 seconds behind the Golden Gate swimming swim-ming record held by Walter Pomeroy. The sea was choppy, with a heavy current cur-rent running in the channel. Under the conditions. Rohs's performance is regarded regard-ed as remarkable. He finished fully 100 yards aheaI of his nearest competitor, George Scroth of the Riverside Athletic club. The air line distance from starting to finishing point is seven-eighths of a mile. |