Show AC S 97 R LT A VE A T man swims one half mile dragging 9 people in two boats new york aug 31 11 braggin Dragging two heavy row boats containing nine people through the water after him julius teck the doorman of the delancy street police station swam tho the half mile distance from the blackwells island light to the alie cygnet boat club at the foot of east street manhattan in 30 minutes amid much excitement cit ement among his fellow mem members bews the passengers on the boats and a crowd cowd of five hundred spectators in baet river park the tow rope was tied over his left and under his right shoulder ile he beam the english side stroke push arg ahead his left shoulder submerged every time he took a stroke with his ais right arm until his tows slowly gathered momentum their lead weight of almost 2000 pounds pulled him back every time ho he took a stroke forward and the tow rope wore a red bruise through the shoulder of his jersey long before ho he got tn ta rough |