Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-07 | Page 19 | Sharemet Will Set Swim Record for 100 Yards. Says Critics

Will Set Swim Record For 1 Q 00 Yards Say Critics By JERRY BRONDFIELD NEA SEA Service Sports Writer ANN ARBOR M May y 7 7 Experts p claim they have found the man who will wipe out the longest standing record in the book the 51 second effort for yards freestyle which Johnny set in 1927 1 T The man who should break this mark say sayi critics is Constantine Constantine but call him Gus 18 year-old year Michigan sophomore of Hamtramck a suburb of Detroit First indication Gus was headed somewhere in aquatic circles came when he was a 16 year-old year schoolboy swimming the in 53 seconds enviable time for crack college performers Michigan won the national collegiate collegiate collegiate col col- col- col title in New Haven for the eleventh time since 1927 1927 because took first in the with witha a sparkling and then clinched the championship by swimming a 51 flat anchor leg on the record breaking yard relay team Has lIas Everything At the national A. A A. A U. U meet in inI I New York a week later he swam second by inches to Otto Jaretz of Chicago Few doubt hell he'll reverse that decision in the outdoor meet this summer Of Russian extraction stands 6 feet 2 and weighs pounds Hes the nearest thing to Weiss Weiss- muller Ive I've ever seen seen asserts Ed Kennedy v veteran teran Columbia coach Hes lies got the power style and poise Hes got the ability to race under under under un un- un- un der pressure Is the observation added by Bob Yale coach yA 0 y s Y Johnny Ills His I record may be shattered by newest newest newest new new- I est swimming sensation and head of the American Olympic contingent in 1936 Matt Mann the Michigan coach who is one of the most outspoken men in the business told us at the beginning of the season that his prize sophomore had the record II at his mercy