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Service and The Evenlos Sentlnsl. Is in training tor an attempt to "lo
the Ensllsh Chanel this suzumer.
srtlclos about her.
BALTIMORE, .‘1d.. May :5.-—-Lll-
llan Cannon is on her way to France
now, charged with the smbltlon to
be the first woman 1n History to
swlm the Bulls): Channel. A week
more will see her training daily
in French water for th'; most ardu-
ous {cat 01’ swimming ltnonn to
msn.
Just why the channel swim should
be such s tough proposmon is hard
to understand it one ls not lamillur
with lts smazlns tides. It is only 22
miles from Dover, England to Calais
runes. end a. llttlu more than 20
from Dover to Cape Gris-Nos.
But the tides are strong-«here is
no bucklnz them—and. the water is
cold, never above 60 degrees. mostly
colder. And when you step to com
sldor that the fastest time ever made.
by s. channel swimmer was 16 hours
and 83 minutes. you gsther some
u». at the punlshment that is ab-
sorbed by those who try it.
Csptsln Matthew Webb. an Eug-
llshmsn. who subsequently lost. his
My brain; the Niagara. rapids. was
tho first to conquer the chssncl. 119
made it in 1815. in 21 hours and 45
what“. and amused the entire
summing world by accomplishing
1m mm}! luposslblo {calf
Burgess W. Second. -
nuts-u: yous elapsed baton
snothel' man was able to emulate
Webb's aohlevsmont. Wllllsm Bun
gees, another Wan. who is
new 11: charts at Lillian Csnnon‘s
trflnln‘. crossed it in 1911.Trisls
hm um place each summer since
that. W tor a. period during the
first. but not until 1: years site;-
mood the trlok did anyone.
Bu“
slso soooood- then. My enough
three W accomplished it in to
uric): m ln the summer of
1933. '
w P. Sullivan of Lowell.
Mmfio!lretotthetrlb.lo
reset-l his soul other a. bltter eta-us-
[lo 0! ll homo. Next came Bum
TIM so Argentina 0: Im-
lsn mt. who set the world rec-
ord. u. wss followed by We.
Toto. sjssbon waiver, whose «no
‘ » manpower Swlmmm;
M
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A.
This In the nits u! a. series 01
was seven minutes slower than m
boochl’s.
No man or womsn can hope to
ewun the channel unless condlllou
are favorable. The Strolt or Dom.
where the swim ls made. to formed
by two sharp promontorlos. Swift
tides sweep the course luterslly,
runnlnx «award and westward.
boom-Mill, £0rth, for porlods of negr—
ly 3x hours in each directlon. As a
consequence the sum In“ not
proeoed in a. rumor 11M. Wk
he am: for a. dotlnm no“. The
flood and ebb tldes torce It. on
These are the swimmers who
haw crossed the En‘llsh
l‘hsnnol.
Cuptaln Matthew Webb.
Englishman . ......... 1875
William Burgess, Ens-
llsluuan ............ 1911
Hemy l’. Sullivan. Amcrl.
can .. ............ 1923
‘Enrico Tlmboachl. Ar-
gentinean ........... . 19::
Charles Tom. American . . 1923
'Tlmboschl made the fish
ost time—16 hours 33 minutes.
way and another. so that he dos-
uibcs a. huge aim.
I” Is howl'lua»
He must sppmch the omit!
coast lnslrls a. narrow lane and on s
favorable tide. else he will bs est-
rica irresistibly outside tho finding
area. Tlrsboochl had luck «to; I.-
Had he been 3') mlnutes slower ho
nould have got wlthln s thoussnd
yards or his goal and then been
carried away from the shore by ad-
verse tide, as he was on his attempt
the summer before.
Beau“ 0! his speed in m
Tlrsbosch-l nu only thus tides”
conteud with while Sunken m the
to flat. Bumvm ms; trons Dover
(hula: Tlraboschl from Cops
Gris-Ne; to Dover. Webb the first is
turn the trlck. swam com Donor is
a point mldwsr betwon can as
Gris-Non. Burgo- ssd Tom. the th-
malnlnx two. stated from tho
Much shore.
It is believed the swim csn be
madosllmsmoroeuilyby stut-
in; from Bench sou. This. m
llkoly, will be HIM M's fill.
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Mon-”nun.” 18 .129
Hfllbul’fll oss-s-nssl’ 17 .3“
Brooklyn ..........19 1s .5“
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New York .........18 20 .no
Phlbdolphls. .......15 22 .'
Boston . ..........10 25 .286
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Phlladelphla .......33 l8 .361
Cleveland ..........‘.’1 18
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Washington ........‘.’L‘ 20
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