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Show I Florence Compson and Hazel! Standish to Enter Trials Swimniing Tourney Florence Compson of Taft, Cal., and j Hazel Standish of San Francisco, girl - hood chums, arrived in Ogden today ; from the coast,. completing the first leg of their journey to Chicago. The two girls are swimmers of the championship cham-pionship class and aro hiking overland oh a wager. Both girls are new at the water game, but aro said to possess class second to none in competition. Miss Compson. is holder of the 100 and 220 yard records In northern California Cali-fornia and Miss Standish is one of the leading fancy divers of the west. Both girls will enter the trials for the Olympic team at Chicago early in July. The two young women departed from the coast minus money. That was one of the bets made. If they are successful in reaching their destination des-tination by selling postcards they will each receive $2500 in cash from a prominent San Francisco sportsman. Both young women departed today ' for Morgan, where they will camp i during the night. They are both at-i at-i tired In hiking clothes. |