Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 10 | Boulder Woman Retains Title in Colordo Open, New Tourney

Boulder Woman Retains Title in Colorado Tourney I DENVER Cob Colo Sept 1 Miss AP-Miss AP Wolla Wolcott of Boulder state singles title in th the I retained her finals of the Colorado open tennis tournament here today by defeating Mrs Margaret Ward of Colorado Springs 36 62 62 Ralph McElvenny and Allan Herrington Stanford university combination won the mens men's doubles title by defeating two other Californians Ben Gorchakoff and John Barr 6 2 46 46 6 2 McElvenny and aNi Berkeley Bell of Austin Tex will play for the themen's themen's mens men's singles ingles championship tomorrow when the mixed doubles title also will be decided Egyptian Swims Channel to Honor King Fuad Ishak Water Wat- Wat er for Over 23 Hours Is Exhausted FOLKSTONE E. E England Sept 1 Ishak Helmy well known to tues ot of the English channel for several sey- sey oral eral years as the rotund and rollicking rollicking rol- rol roli i licking aspirate for swimming swim swim- ming honors today achieved his great ambition by successfully I stroking through the stretch o of treacherous water between Cape Gris Nez and the English Cliffs In 23 hours and 40 minutes BATTLES CURRENTS Helmy was buffeted by currents longer than any other successful channel swimmer with the sole exception ex- ex of the AmerIcan Sullivan who started the modern conquests ot of the turbulent strip several years ago Waterlogged and almost ex- ex hausted the Egyptian giant barely had the strength to wade ashore at and reach for a bottIe bottle bot- bot tIe tle ot of champagne that friend gave while the crowd on the beach cheered Sea water penetrated his goggles an and his eyes were bloodshot and In- In named flamed Helmy was so sleepy when he fInished that he had difficulty keeping awake long enough to reach his hotel Helmy offered no reason for tor performing per per- forming the feat other than that I had done it as a tribute to K Fuad ot of Egypt SWIMS FOR KINGI KING I haven't done it for money or reputation but for my kl king g he said My king talked to me several times about the channel swim and I promised to accomplish It for fOL him Helmy had made many unsuccessful ful fui attempts to conquer the channel channel chan chan- nel in the past few years He swam part of the way with other swimmers swimmers swim swim- mers who kept on to reach the opposite opposite op- op shore