Word: swimming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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John Weismuller, 19-year-old swimming marvel of the Illinois A. C., who cut 11 seconds from the world's record in the 44-yard swim at Yale Tuesday, had not trouble in defending his title in the American national 100-yard championship at the Brookline Swimming Club last night...
...tiddledy-winks may well follow. Arkansas has been considering a bill abolishing bathing in the waters of the state, and minutely describing the sort of garments appropriate for public exercise. Arkansas athletes will appear in trunks extending below the knees, and short-sleeved shirts, and memories of the "ole swim in' hole" will pass with other discarded antiquities. In France and England, even the women athletes wear the convenient "shorts" condemned for everyone in Arkansas; such brazen people would probably be guillotined here. The next legislature will no doubt design evening dresses. In Utah, Kansas, and South Dakota, smoking...
...HAVEN, CONN., Feb. 28.--After losing the 100-yard swim and although pressed to secure place in all the other events, the Yale swimmers defeated Brown tonight by the decisive score of 3S. to 15. Jones of Brown won the hundred, and Telliffe of Yale won the fifty...
...HAVEN, CONN., Feb. 23. The Yale swimmers defeated Rutgers today 45 to 26, breaking two intercollegiate records Bench of Yale broke the record in the 200 yard breast, stroke by two and two fifths seconds, while Global of Rutgers lowered his own mark in the 440 yard swim by four and one-fifth seconds and equalled the 150 yard back stroke record of one minute fifty-five and two-fifths seconds...
...Swimming is generally recognized as one of the best forms of exercise. A survey of public swimming facilities would show that they are used to capacity during all seasons of the year. Swimming appeals to people of all ages. It is to be regretted that the University does not have satisfactory swimming pool facilities. The present equipment is reserved almost exclusively for the use of those Freshmen who do not know how to swim. Hundreds of men in the University would take swimming for their exercise if adequate facilities were available...