Show JACK DEMP DEMPSEY GETS OETS DUCKING IN COLD lAKE Party Crashes Through Gang Plank At Swim Event HAGUE N N. Y July 12 Dy By The Associated Pr An K An accident that nearly proved serious but which fi finally fi- fi finally f I- I nally furnished a n crowd of about spectators with the first laugh of the day greeted Jack Dempsey's arrival here to start the Lake George 24 mile swimming marathon today tody Just as the former heavyweight champion stepped from a steamboat that had conveyed him up the lake from the village of Lake George after an automobile trip from Saratoga a crowd rushed to greet him and the flooring collapsed Down went ent Demp- Demp Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey sey and his party and amid the scramble of about persons In irs two to feet of water Jack disappeared WOMEN WO SCREAM I As women screamed and spectators dashed to the rescue the crowd threshed in the water and from the center of the mob appeared Leo Flynn Dempsey's manager with his white flannel trousers all aU wet Jack came next dragging a woman from the heap and his gray suit and white shoes soaked through Everyone escaped with no more than a wetting to the waist with the exception of Jerry Luvadis the little trainer of the former titleholder r Jerry Je ry was the last from the thc muddle and as fast as he scrambled up the gangplank of broken boards he fell back again into the shallow water ater He was finally rescued drenched to the skin akin SUIT OF GREASE Perfect weather eather conditions under a cloudless sky and warm sun greeted the entries as they lined up for forthe forthe forthe the pull In the Icy waters of this inland basin There was every type of bathing suit on the bank ev every ev- ev every ery cry color and ranging from scanty to full length Lottie originator of the grease bathing suit sult appeared in her favorite costume as did many others The water along the mile 24 course from here to Lake George village ranged in tempera temper temperature temperature ture turc between 40 and 55 degrees The Therace Therace race started over an hour after the time set |