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Show FAULTS OF MANY SWIMMERS f Most of Energy Which Would Carry Them Along Smoothly, If Applied Rightly, Is Wasted. Tho troublo with n good many nwlm-mors nwlm-mors Is that they do not know how to Bwim. Most of tho onorgy which would carry them aiong smoothly and rupldly, If properly applied, is wasted in faulty movemonts. Tlmo and again I havo seen mon thrash away madly for a Bhort apace, misusing nrmB and legs, thon stop suddenly sud-denly puffing hard and in distress. To Buch tyroa swimming means a stubborn stub-born fight to keep going, nnd thoro Is to no doubt that If thoy tried to swim for "it( exercise, frequently serious harm might como from it. But can this parody of wntermanBhlp bo considered swimming? Hardly, according to tho present-day standards. Watch a skilled trudgeon or crawl exponent and nolo tho difference. Ho will take n graceful divo, strlko out un-harried, un-harried, movo along without fuss or flurry, rolllug gently from sldo to side nnd emerge from tho water fresh and Invigorated, barely brerithlng hard. Rest assured It is uot ho that will I suffer even from dally practice. Out I Ing. H |