Show BATTLING AGAINST UNCERTAIN TIDES Reviewing Re the attempts that have haye been made to swim the En Eng English lish ish channel channel an eastern writer says Jabez strong as an ox or has teen been fooled foiled upward o ot of twenty times Once he found himself only yards from the French coast but even then a tricky tide was too much for tor him Montagu Montague Holbein with an endurance record ot of two fifty miles on the Thames has tried so often orten that he cannot always name his score J A Jar Jar- Jarvis Jar vis vIs the tho finest long-distance long swim swim- swimmer swimmer mer ot of o his da day made five vain attempts a famous Brit Brit- British Brit Brit- British British ish champion acknowledged six failures Two To hundred persons b by a recent count have hale plunged Into the channel on one side tide or orthe orthe orthe the other and only five fi all men have conquered it It Captain Mat Mat- Matthew Matthew thew Webb of ot England 1875 T TW W W Burgess Durgess of ot England 1911 and Henry Sullivan of ol Lowell Ma Mass Sebastian an Italian hailing balling from tram and Charles of Boston Dalton all three of ot triumphed In 1923 1823 Captain Webb Webb succeeded succeeded In hI his In his In- In second second attempt Burgees Burgess thirty second Sullivan In his third In his third and anil In his twelfth I I Not one of ot the the swimmers swimmer was successful the first time Wee Of the women swimmers Miss Barrett was within two miles of ot the the French shore when when the she had to quit Jeane Slon Sion the Fr French Ich girl was was as within a mile and a quarter ot of the th Dover shore when her strength tailed failed her She bad had been 13 hours In Inthe Inthe the water and had made remark remark- remarkable remarkable able time Ume The tides are Irregular making the talk task ot of swimming the channel thannel uncertain I In view of ot the difficulties which 1 have to be over oyer overcome the record swim of ot Miss Ederle Is wonderful |