Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-15 | Page 19 | Gertrude Wins Swim Match

GER GERTRUDE RUDE WINS WINS SWIM MATCH Throngs Demand Action So She Defeats Ger Ger- German Ger- Ger German German man Champ BISSINGEN Germany August By H-By By The Associated Press Gertrude Gertrudo Gertrude Ederle who is visit visit- visitIng visiting Inc Ing her grandmother here today was the tho center of ot several impetuOus impetuous ous ovations by admirers admirer of ot her recent feat teat In swimming tho the Eng Beg English Enc lish hish channel In 14 hours and 31 31 minutes On her cc way to the postoffice this morning she was seized by a delegation of ot members of ot the swimming society ot of of hustled Into a a waiting automo- automo automobile bile and carried oft off to the tho uni- uni university uni town where the freedom ot of tho town was wa extended to h her r Upon her return to she was mobbed by several hun bun hun hundred dred drel school children who vociferously vociferously demanded to see seo her In Inaction inaction Inaction action With tho the children at her heels and with tho the entire entIre ot of trailing along lon Gertie wont went to the th nearby Fouer lake where sho eho splashed and dove about for tor halt half an in hour She Sho then I raced lOans liana Pause Fause Dauterman I a aGerman aGerman German swimming champion across the lake which Is only feet teet long lone The Am American swim swim- swimmer swimmer swimmer mer won handily by several lengths 00 00