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Show Breast Stroke Is Hope of Germans in Olympic In an effort to regain the swimming laurels won In the 1912 Olympic games at Stockholm, the last In which German Ger-man athletes participated, the National Nation-al Swimming association of Germany Is attempting to enroll every swimmer of promise In preparation for the 1928 games at Amsterdam. The most promising candidates for the team have started training under Walter Blnner and Kurt Behrena of Madgeburg, both Olympic veterans. Blnner doubts whether he can product a free-style star to compete successfully success-fully against John Welsmuiler of the United States and Arne Borg of Sweden. Swe-den. On specialized strokes. In which Germans Ger-mans have always been more proficient profi-cient BInner's hopes are pinned on such veterans as IS. Rademacher, who two years ago set world Indoor breast stroke records for 200 and 400 meters, and Helniich. Frauleln Erna Huneus, . a seventeen year-old swimmer, who re- renuy set a worms inaoor oreasi stroke of lm. 20s. for 100 meters, la considered the better of the women candidates. In the 1912 Olympics German swimmers swim-mers won the 400-meter breast stroke ; first second and third places In the 200-meter breast stroke and fancy diving; div-ing; and second places In the backstroke, back-stroke, the relay and high diving. |