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Show CRAWL STROKE BEATS SWIMMERS An article by William Bachrach, swimming instructor of the Illinois A. C. of Chicngo, which attributes the defeat of American watermen at Stockholm to the adoption of the crawl stroke in this country, has found wide circulation and been favorably fa-vorably commented upon by the many conservative adherents of older methods meth-ods of aquatic progression. Bachrach and his supporters contend con-tend that tho erawl is the most exhausting ex-hausting of strokes, that it Is not practical for distance work, and that there is not a man in the United States who can cover a Ynlle with it and not collapse at the finish. Eastern critics, however, evidently do not agree with him, for tho majority ma-jority have risen in defense of the methods they advocate. There is no doubt in the minds of eastern experts that any stroke which demonstrates Its supremacy at the furlong will eventuallj prove best for all distance. Up to 100 yards strength may possibly triumph over methods. Durborow's recent crossing of Del-awaro Del-awaro bay, when he held the condemned con-demned stroke for 42 miles, swimming it continuously for over 14 hours ,is offered as evidence contradictory to Bachrach's claims. |