| Show AND ATHLETICS miss annette IC ellerman the won darful young australian swimmer re bently broke all records in a trial swim in the dan ube aher in aus tria making a dis tance of 38 kilo meters about ai miles in 3 11 00 miss kellerman who is only 20 years old bids fair to establish her claim to the title of champion long distance swimmer of the world she has never been de feared in any con MISS bisnette AIs NETTE test of long dis tance swimming or artistic diving either by man or woman so far her record is one con report of victories at 15 she won the amateur mile championship of australia in still salt water in 29 min utes which was 3 minutes and 49 sec ands faster than any other woman in the world had done when she had acquired all the amateur australian championships miss kellerman be came a professional in the last three years she has won every australian long distance swim making five miles in 1 hour 48 minutes and 34 seconds and 10 cifes in 4 hours and 23 min utes so tar her other speed records are yards in 1 minute and 18 sec ands the best ever made by a woman and a quarter mile in 7 minutes and 2 seconds although she prefers the long distance tasks she is also holder of many championship prizes won in div ing contests she has an exceptional muscular development for her age and Is 5 feet 7 inches in height and weighs pounds last year miss kellerman attempted to accomplish the feat of capt webb in swimming the english channel but was compelled to turn back after a six mile swim on account of buffeting of the waves As corn pared with miss kellerman s record in the danube the best long distance woman swimming record ever made Is that of miss beckwith who went 20 miles with the current in the thames river in 6 25 00 the australian girl s beautifully molded limbs and remark ably well developed shoulders have nothing about them but leave no doubt of their strength the movement of her hands and feet when in the water Is beautiful her feet are small instep high and as they move through the air during a dive resemble those of a parisian premier danseuse A dark horse sprung a surprise at the recent western intercollegiate ten nis tournament by capturing the p walter hayes of toledo la holder of the mid die west title and representing cor nell college upset the forecasts of the critics by win ning the honor it was the first time W HATES at the iowa in ution was represented in the annual tournament the new champion has peculiar form in all his strokes but places so accurately and plays the side lines so closely that he Is one of the hardest men in the west to defeat he rarely takes the net preferring to stay in the back of the court and force hla opponent out of position by well placed drives and lobs aside from the actual winning of the itle by hayes interest in the tournament centered mainly in the work of richard L loesch the wisconsin representative his victory over cyrus garnett last years champion though entirely unlocked for was well earned and furnished the surprise of the tournament loesch Is one of the younger players of chicago and haa been improving rapidly in the last two years he always has shown well in the open tournaments and with his partner rehm reached the finals in the wisconsin state tournament at milwaukee last year he also won the championship of the aztec club last tall defeating the club s best players the doubles brought out few surprises as it was expected that garnett and gray would prove the winners the defeat of loesch and rehm by and mcquilkin was the most unexpected feature of this tournament as it was believed they would safely reach the finals the result of the tournament gives chicago three points of the necessary seven to obtain permanent possession of the trophy cornell col lege with its one point gained this year Is the only other college having a leg on the present cup |
