Word: swimming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meter swim, free style: Arne Borg, of Sweden, 14 min. 14 4/10...
...meter swim, free style: Arne Borg, of Sweden, 21 min. 35 5/10...
...meter run: Edwin Wide, Sweden, 8 min. 30 2-5 sec. ¶ 100-yard swim for women, free style: Gertrude Ederle, of New York, 1 min. 5 sec. ¶ 150-yard back stroke for women: Sybil Bauer, of Chicago, 2 min. 1 2-5 sec. ¶ 100-yard back stroke for women: Sybil Bauer, of Chicago, 1 min. 26 3-5 sec. ¶ 500-meter swim, free style: John Weissmuller, of Chicago, 6 min. 55 sec. ¶ 220-yard swim for women, free style: Miss Gertrude Ederle, New York, 2 min. 49 sec. ¶ 15-mile automobile racing on dirt...
...failed to open. Entanglement in the landing gear of the plane checked his fall, but desperate attempts to climb into the cockpit were futile. The pilot with admirable presence of mind flew a few feet above the Mohawk River into which the parachutist jumped. But not knowing how to swim, he was rescued just in time from drowning - and probably gave no further exhibitions that...
...yacht of Mr. J. P. Morgan '89. Altogether 56 men boarded the yacht at 9 o'clock this morning and cruised as far as Green port, Long Island, and back, returning to Red Top at 6 o'clock in the evening. Although the water was rather cold, a short swim at Green port was much enjoyed...