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Another Varsity swimmer, Hank Arthur, won the 200 yard free style in 2 minutes 20 seconds to qualify for the H.A.A. open medal in the only long distance competition, Charles Jarrold, entered in the closed division, finished second in 2 minutes 43.3 seconds and was awarded the closed medal...
...voice from across the border did complain. The objection came from strait-laced Avery Brundage, president of the U.S. Olympic Association. He had once dismissed Swimmer Eleanor Holm Jarrett (now Mrs. Billy Rose) from the U.S. Olympic team for late hours and champagne-drinking. But to Canada, this was different: why should he run to fellow members of the International Olympic Committee with grievances that did not concern his own team? (He also complained that Barbara Ann had accepted jewelry...
Reports received in official circles, but lacking confirmation at Military Headquarter's said the troops quickly repaired an 80-yard-long bridge blown up by the Azerbaijan militia at the River of the Golden Swimmer and entered rugged Ghaflankooh Pass, main gateway to the rebellious province on Iran's north-western frontier...
England's moat was back to the ways of peace; the Channel swimmer was on the job again. Last week a 6-ft., 225-lb. Chilean named Jorge Berroeta set out to swim the English Channel. He gulped some of his secret-formula soup, a recipe he hides from his trainer, Georges Michel, who set the Channel record in 1926. Then he plunged into the icy water at Cap Gris Nez, bound for Dover...
Jimmy McLane will turn 16 next month. Already he is the nation's speediest distance swimmer. Last week in San Diego, 145-lb. Jimmy, a Phillips Andover schoolboy from Akron, won the National A.A.U. outdoor 400, 800 and 1,500-meter free-style events. His 19:23.1 time in the 1,500 set a meet record. Said Yale Coach Bob Kiphuth, who hopes that Jimmy will eventually be on his team: "He's just beginning to mature...