Bingham News | 1923-11-17 | Page 6 | Calls Swimming Channel Huge Task for Fat Man

Calls Swimming Channel Huge Task for Fat Man Swimming the English channel Is a fat man's game, Carbls A. Walker of Cleveland, who swam across Lake Brie this summer, but failed tor negotiate the channel, said In explanation of his failure. "I was In the water three and one-half one-half hours," he said, "It was so cold It penetrated my muscles. After swimming swim-ming three miles I became dellrlooa and then unconscious. "It's a fat man's Job and only a man with a lot of surplus flesh on his ribs to withstand the cold water caa succeed. I failed because I nad kept down weight for fast swimming.