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...while I was still living. But they were hopeless, deadening things. Anyone who has the task of interviewing a former actress of repute . . . might just as well be an undertaker. My idea of real happiness is to find some small corner of the world, crawl into it, and never again see my name in the paper until...
...better aspects of the Japanese crawl, a modified and specialized form of the Australian crawl, will be used extensively by the Harvard swimming teams this winter," Coach Ulen said Saturday. In taking this action, Harvard will be the first Eastern college to adopt this style...
...attempt to discover why the great swimmers of Europe and America had been beaten, the coaches carefully studied the little men as they plowed through the water. They found that the crawl used by the Japanese was fundamentally the same as the so-called Australian crawl; but since the Japanese race is composed of small men, certain modifications had been made which were adapted to the shorter arm movememt of the swimmers. In the first place, the Japanese were completely relaxed in the water. There was no tension of any part; every muscle was loose and ready for work...
...that every swimmer should not be required to adopt the Japanese style in its entirety. It would be foolish, he said, to try to change the style of men who are already excellent swimmers. It is only in improving the form of members of the squad that the Japanese crawl will be used. Although this style was originally adapted to the use of small men, it is agreed that taller swimmers can use it to equal advantage...
Aspects of the Japanese crawl, a modified form of the Australian crawl, are to be adopted by the swimming squad it was learned recently. Although this style is specially adapted to short men, it can be used to equal advantage by taller men, according to Coach Ulen. If a man excels in another form, he will be allowed to continue in that style...