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Guzzling orange juice, milk and broth, munching chocolate, losing 17 pounds, Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell, Mass., swam from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland last week in 22 hours, 45 minutes. He had previously failed to finish in William Wrigley Jr.'s $25,000 nautical derby over the same course which 17-year-old George Young of Toronto completed in 15 hr. 44 min. (TIME...
...relation to the swimmer of the Catalina Channel (TIME, Jan. 24), Mr. Young, banker, married the famed singer, Lillian Nordica...
...grease and some in bathing suits, some young, some old, all fat, all strong, all more or less indistinguishable as to sex and features, surrounded by tug boats, press boats, ferryboats, launches, shouted at by coaches, fed by trainers, 96 able swimmers got into the cold water at Catalina Island, one day last week and turned their numerous, goggled, and determined faces toward the unseen California mainland, 2 miles away. Day faded. Light came out on the shore. Now an then on the bow of a tug a trainer lit a red flare to show that his swimmer...
Like music over the water came the sound of their splashing to the ears, of William Wrigley Jr. i It was an inspiration, no less-this swimming race. He was advertising his enormous real estate development at Catalina. He was showing himself to be a patron of sport. He was making a bow to the sex, for he had stipulated that if a man won the race (this channel has never been swum) he would get $25,000 and the first woman to finish would get $15,000, but that if a woman won she would...
George Young has conquered the Catalina channel and as a result found himself the most talked of person in America. Gertrude Ederle, a few months ago, found herself in a similar position. Red Grange and how many others have found that because of unusual athletic ability they are able to command salaries that would seem fabulous to a college professor and are not equaled by the majority of capable and efficient business men. We aren't belittling their achievements, which are without doubt the result of hard work and ability, but it does seem to be evidence of an unhealthy...