| Show GEORGE GEORCE YOUNG DESCRIBES HIS FAMOUS OUS SWIM Put Everything He Had Into Race for ills His Mother SANTA MONICA IONICA Ca Cal Jan 17 By By Time Tho Associated Press Press- Press George Young the swimming worlds world's hero winner ot of o the tho Wrig- Wrig ley Icy ocean olcan marathon told The Associated Press that h he had staked on the race his most prIze prized possession his amateur standing for his mothers mother's sak sake Other than her he said h he has bas no relative and she Is dependent upon him Th The Canadian boy Is emphatically ly by a mothers mother's boy and he ho is proud ot of it He lIe said had this I I put everything I Into race for tor my mother It was not much perhaps but it was my all 1111 my amateur standing as Canadian champion I wanted wonted to bring brine her herto herto herto to California I got cot as a tar far as Arizona on ray my and then it broke down I was nearly broke too A honeymoon couple cou le picked me ma up and brought me m on to California but I do not know their names T he wlm y n man man- manager man man-aper ager Henry and I planned the strategy that won TIDES AND CURRENTS We Ve planned against the tides and currents and we wo figured that make It twelve hours to tho swim considering the th tide tid and the drift In my favor The Tir most dIscouraging period ot of the grind came when I was ont and quarter one-quarter miles from shore hen hen the out flowing tide shoved me back but In Iq contrast to this the lighthouse on Point Vicente Vicent and the flares set by spectators on the beach were vere the most welcome sights I ever evem saw Five times during the day and night I changed chanced my course to meet I the tho opposition of th the tides Th The handsome but modest and I youth then told of ot his struggle against a yard 50 field ot of kelp lard ards from shore This wrapped itself around my neck an and l legs Ices but that only added to m my determination to win so o I Idue dug in MODEST YOUNG MAN SIANI IA I had taken talen oft off ray my bathing suit when I wai ivas two and one halt miles from Catalina and I forgot that grease and graphite were my only covering as a I rose out of ot the th water Continued on Two ruo GEORGE YOUNG TELLS HIS STORY Continued From Front Page rage One at the shore ahoN so EO I beat beet It II back into Inte the waves to my convoy boat You You see we wo o put a covering or of graphite g over tho tho grease before I put on suit to help my bathing keep cap out the cold About Abou seven miles out from the Santa Catalina starting point I had to swim through yards of heavy oil It gave mo me plenty or of trouble I had to keep my head up cut of the tho water to prevent the theol 01 oil getting Into my DIY eyes nose and Oh there were plenty of ot rough spotS spols but I finally got to where J I Iwas was Wll going and today the only ill III effect I feel Is a little soreness In my shoulders The heat beat had Ye- Ye re returned turned to mv my body ten minutes aft aft- after after aft after er I left the water with blue skin I 1 lost lIt five pounds during the race Going Into Inlo the race after aCtor train ing lug training ut itt Santa Monica I weighed 17 pounds I went wont ashore at Point Vicent weighing weighing- pounds liy Illy hurt and pulse were normal five minutes rafter after I 1 boarded the con con- top vol boal boat bOM at tho the finish Well to go back to the begin begin- I left lett Toronto Ontario with my pal pol William Hasting to coma coins to California to work My ides Idea was that if It I could cO coe le here to win this swim I would have hove the money to give my any mother a homo home In California She Is the tho only rel- rel relative rel relative etive Ive I've got HIKE DUSTS BUSTS DOWN We e made tho the trip as tar fat as Arizona In a motorcycle and side sidecar sidecar car There we had to drop the tho biko when It went vent bad but a 1 ayoung young honeymoon couple gave us usa usa 8 a lift the tho remainder of the way I 1 Ido do not know their names It has hae been said that I 1 reached California with willi nh only CO GO cents I Iwas Iwas was Ls certainly nearly broke brolle but 60 cents Is stretching tho the story a lot lotter lot After ter I had bad done dona some hard work In the tho Santo Santa Monica surf and we had planned my campaign for forthe the tho Santu Santa Saija Catalina swim both and I were sure BUre I would get across the tho channel accompanied me In my convoy boat Saturday morning the day or of orthe the start I 1 had bad u II cup of tea and ano me toast at G 6 o'clock Te Tea is my stronghold drink I never drink liquor I do not lot smoke and I do no keep late hours I t I When I tool ort oft I J decided to use tho Amt American craw crawl stroke Some of them m call It the Between 1121 a m in starting I time and 3 I p m I covered six Its It's funny but I did not gIl g t during the ho entire swim I alays get seasick on a beat Icat GOon COOl Every Enry t me true me my say convoy rang the dinner bell during the grind I came up for my any refresh refresh- refreshments ments We Wo had three quart bot bottles tic of hot chocolate along I guess I 1 drank the tho most of it I also ate three cakes of ot chocolate and drank one pint of beet beef tea I drank from soda pop bottles tilled filled with the beef tea teo and hot chocolate And to show you how I felt I heaved one of the empty bottles at my convoy boat twelve feet away After Arter wo WI got out a n long way they told toe ine that mother was listening lis listening us- us In lit on tho the radio for tor reports report of the tho swim That ThILl pepped pe me mo UP and I did not feel the cold so 80 much I think I averaged about tao t t miles per er hour for the tho wlm making probably 20 30 miles which of course Includes ss my with the tide utter after I had headed up the tho channel I guess a n lot of the thol swimmers were wondering why I Iwas was WiS going gome up that way DI Did 1 you notice that Norman Normon Ross followed right In my ray wake noss certainly swam twani a a race I never was discouraged at any stage of ot the game I never nover fig fig- figured fig figured that I would have hate to quit I Iwas Iwas Iwas was sure of my physical condItion from the start and I was In itt good shape chapo all the way WilY keepIn I 1 believe bellevo a 0 swimmer should keep lit In perfect physical condition all alt the th time That's why I 1 have stayed away Woy from front bad habits Wo We 0 kept up a 0 aP a athe the time that is between bet and the tho convoy boat and kept me posted as to how I stood In the race about all there Is to It When I got back hack In the tho convoy boat after the finish they took me m J aboard a 1 tug and over to a 0 Yacht club They decided I should make a visit to a a hospital so 80 I did and got a rubdown there After that I went wont to Santa Monica in an automobile It might surprise some people to know that the tho longest swImming I lied aU ever done was between 16 10 and 18 IS miles But from front now on Im I'm rot not much in III channel channe l swimming contests I do believe however hoever that with what hat I learned Saturday I could cut my Santa Catalina swim time As As to the English channel I never was as Interested In that Of cours I expect to enter some competitions In Califor California nia for or Im I'm not going to quit the game altogether At OByrnes home Iome the youthful l winner was as the tho center of a dinner part party where he ho was deluged With pith congratulatory telegrams |
