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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDAY, JA NUARY 17, 1927 SPORT WinsSwim for Widowed Mother’s Sake, Says Young, Who Gains Fameand Fortune PUTS HIS ALL INTO RACE ' FOR HER, YOUTH ASSERTS Gives Up Amateur Standing, Most Prized Possession, to Compete—Helped by Bridal Couple on Trip to Coast When Motor Cycle Fails. By the Ascociated Press. ANTA MONICA, Calif., January 17.—George Young, the swim- ming world hero winner of the Wrigley $25,000 ocean mara- thon, told the Associated Press | that he had staked on the most_prized possession, his amateur standing. for his mothel sake. Other than her, he said, he ha. no relative, and she is dependent upon him The C: mother it. He said: 3 ‘I put everything T had into this race for my mother. It was not much, perhaps, but it was my all, my ama- teur standing as Canadian champion I wanted to bring her to California. “I got as far as Arizona on my motor cycle, and then it broke down. 1 was nearly broke, too. A honey moon couple picked me up and brought me on to California, but I | do not know their names. ht boy and emphatically is proud of adian hoy is a he | Strategy That Won. | | mana. “As for the swim itself, my planned ger, Henry O'Bryne, and I the strategy that won. “We planned against the tides and currents and we figured that it would take 12 hours to make the swim, con sidering the tide and the drift in my favor. X ““The most discouraging period of the grind came when 1 was one and one-quarter miles from shore, when the outflowing tide shoved me back, but, in contrast to this, the lighthouse on Point Vicente and the flares set by spectators on the beach were the most welcome sights I ever saw. “Five times during the day and night I changed my course to meet the opposition of the tides The handsome but modest and un- assuming youth then told of his strug- gle against a 50-vard field of kelp 100 yards from shore. " “This wrapped itself around my neck and legs, but that only added to my determination to win, so I dug in g “1 had taken off my bathing suit when 1 was two and one-half miles from Catalina and I forgot that grease and graphite were my only covering as I rose out of the water at the shore, so that T beat it back into the waves to my convoy boat. “You see, we put a covering of graphite over the grease before I put on my bathing suit to help keep out the cold. Swims Through Oil. “About seven miles out from the Santa Catalina starting point 1 had to swim through 200 yards of heav oil. It gave me plenty of trouble. I had to keep my head up out of the water to prevent the oil getting into my eyes, nose and mouth. “Oh, there were plenty of rough spots, but 1 finally got to where 1 was going, and today the only ill ef- fect 1 feel is a little Soreness in my shoulder. The heat had returned to my body 10 minutes after I left the water with blue skin. I lost five pounds during the race. Going into the race after training at Santa Mon- | ica, I weighed 177 pounds. 1 wént ashore at Point Vicente weighing 172 pounds. My heart and pulse were normal five minutes after I boarded the convoy boat at the finish. “Well, to g0 back to the beginning, 1 left Toronto, Ontario, with my pal, Willlam Hastings, to come to Cali- fornia to work. My idea was that if I could come here to win this swim 1 would have the money to give my mother a home in California. She is the only relative I've got. “We made the trip as far as Arizona in @ motor cycle and side car. There we had to drop the motor bike when it went bad, but a young honeymoon couple gave us a lift the remainder of the way. I do not know their names. Had Over 60 Cents. “It has been sald that I reached California with only 60 cents. I was certainly nearly broke, but 60 cents is | stretching the story a lot. “After 1 had done some hard work in the Santa Monica surf and we had planned my campaign for the Santa | Catalina swim, both O'Bryne and I were sure I would get across the channel. O’Bryne accompanied me in That's why 1 have stayed away from bad habits. “We kept up conversation all the | time, that is, between myself and the convoy boat, and O'Byrne kept me posted as to how I stood in the race. That's about all there is to it When T got back in the convoy | after the finish they took me ab | tug and over to a’yacht <club. I should mak visit so 1 did and a rubdown | ard a They to a| got ‘After that I went to Santa Monica an automobile It might surprise some people to know that the longest swimming I | ever had done was between 15 and 18 | mile: But, from now on, I'm not | much interested in channel-swimming | contests. T do believe, however, that with what 1 learned Saturday I could cut my Santa Catalina swim time. s to the English Channel, I never was interested in that. Of course, 1 expect to enter some | swimming competitions in California, for I'm not going to quit the game | altogether.” | . |in DARTMOUTH IS WINNER. QUEBEC, January 17 (P).—Dart mouth College Winter sports team captured the Frontenac Association boat | | season TIED FIVES TO FACE FOR LEAD IN BIG TEN Br the Ascociated Press. CHICAGO, January 17.—The test of | basket | porarily ball race will be settled tem this week. Indiana and | plays in a ghird Conference game of the Winter tonight, and Saturday | they meet at Bloomington. Of the two, Michigan has the hard est battle tonight, facing Illinois on the home floor, while Indiana tackles the lowly Northwestern five which so far as failed to finish in front in three attempts. Close behind these two are the Iowa, Illinois, Purdue and Wiscontin teams, | each winners in two out of three. Of the four in second place, Wis. figured to climb a bit in s match with Chicago. The lost their first game of the to Indiana but since then have beaten Ohio and Northwestern with ease Ohio turned on Tllinois Saturday, and pulled the Illini out of the first place tie in a see-saw game iwhich finally went to the Buckeyes by one point. Michigan forced Iowa out of the undefeated class Friday by an overwhelming score, STANDING OF TEAMS. Team. Indiana Michigan Towa Minois Wisconsin Euraue Chicago Ohio” Staie orthwestern . Minnesota LEADING Player—Team Cummins (Purdue) Otterness (Minnesota) Hunt (Ohio) . Daugherty 373 - ¢ *(Hilinois) (Northwestarn i Cup, high-point-scoring prize in the intercollegiate ski meet. Ficher Lindsay Twogood [ PPt teieiy (Towa). With eleven games carded for four days, District college court athletes face plenty of action beginning Wed nesday. Two tilts are booked Wed- nesday night. Loyola College team of Baltimore is to invade the big gym- nasium at Brookland to engage Catho- lic University, that has lost but one game, that to the crack Navy five at Annapolis. George Washington, that put up a fine fight before dropping its last engagement, 22 to 23, to Lynch- burg College, will entertain Roanoke, v College in the H street gym. American University tossers, who scored over Lynchburg College Satur- day night after dropping their first game of the season to Catholic Uni- versity on Thursday night, play Western Maryland at Westminster. This is the only out-of-to= date of the week for any of the collegiates hereabouts. Friday night will see the start of the heaviest phase of the week's pro- gram with Georgetown, Maryland and Gallaudet being down for tests. The Hilltoppers who have won both their starts thus far this campaign will en- tertain Lebannon Valley basketers in Ryan gym, Maryland that surprised by putting up a great game against Navy Saturday, losing only 30 to 32, will entertain = Washington College, represented by its usual strong team and Coach Ted Hughes' clever Gallau- det team that handily vanquished St. PLENTY OF BASKET BALL FOR COLLEGES THIS WEEK John's at Annapolis Saturday night will strive to turn back Blue Ridge College of New Windsor, Md. Perhaps Saturday night will set a record for activity on local collegiate Every combination excepting Gallaudet will entertain. The tilts bringing together Catholic University and Washington College at Brookland and Maryland and Georgia in Ritchie gymnasium at College Park, head the week-end list. Villanova faces George Washington and American University will be host to Blue Ridge. George. town will play Mount St. Joseph's. Coach John O'Reilly plans to pick the Georgetown relay team that will compete in the Brooklyn College games Saturday night in that city in time trials at the Hilltop track on Wednesday. It will be the first ap- pearance of the season of a George. town four, and it will be a real test, as Harvard, Lafayette and Princeton are among the quartets that will be faced. Capt. Jimmy Burgess and Efdie Swinburne, members of the champion indoor team of last Winter BEd Symansky, Eddie O'Shea and C. E. Dussault appear ranking candi- dates for the team, although Coach O'Reilly says that none is assured of selection. In addition to the relay team, the Blue and Gray will be borne in the Brooklyn affair by Jimmy McHugh in the 100-yard dash. He will compete against a crack field. Tech will encounter Western and Eastern oppose Central in the usual double-header n the public high school basket ball championship series tomorrow afternoon at the Arcadia. The little Manual Trainers will be striving to win their first game in three starts, while Western will be out to win and pull to even terms with Business, that is occupying second place in the race with two wins in three starts. Central will be facing a much less formidable Eastern team than that which last Winter fought Bert Cog- gins' boys to a draw for the crown. That fine Lincoln Park machine has been riddled by graduations, only one my convoy boat. “Saturday morning, the day of the | sart, I had a cup of tea and some | toast at 6 o'clock. Tea is my strong- | hold drink. I never drink liquor, I do | not smoke and 1 do not keep late | hours. | “When I took off T decided to use the American crawl stroke, some of them call it the trudgeon. “Between 11:21 a.m., starting time, and 2 pm. I covered 6 miles. It's funny, but I did not get seasick dur- ing the entire swim, while I always get_seasick on a boat. “Every time my convoy ‘rang the dinner bell’ during the grind 1 came up smiling for my refreshments. Drinks Hot Chocolate. “We had three quart bottles of hot chocolate along. 1 guess I drank the most of it. I also ate three cakes of chocolate and drank one pint of beef tee. I drank from soda pop bottles filled with the beef tea and hot chocolate. “And to show you how good I felt, I heaved one of the empty bottles at my convoy boat 12 feet away. “After we got out a long way, they told me that mother was listening in on the radio for reports of the swim That pepped me up and I did not feel the cold o much. “I think I averaged about 2 miles per hour for the whole swim, mak ing probably 30 miles, which, of course. includes my drift with the tide after I had headed up the channel. I guess lot of the swimmers were wonder- ing why I was going up_that way “pid you notice that Norman Ross followed right in my wake? certainly swam a beautiful re Never Was Discouraged. never was discouraged at any stage of the game. I never figured that T would have to quit. I was sure of my physical condition from start and 1 was in good shape all the Ross " believe a swimmer should keep | in perfect condition all the time. > MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333,37 14th St. Main 5780 the | member, Capt. C. Hogarth, remaining. Incidentally, Hogarth is playing a superb game in all departments and if the remainder of the Eastern com- bination were more experienced the Lincoln Parkers doubtless would be in the thick of the titular struggle. WEAK EASTERNERS FACE LEADING CENTRAL QUINT Devitt was to visit Hyattsville this afternoon to meet Hyattsville High and St. John's was to play host to Strayer's. The Saints will be out to even scores for a 39-to-14 reverse handed them last week by Strayer's. Aside from the public high games tomorrow the only schoolboy tilt listed is that bringing together Friends and Devitt on the latter's court in a junior 135-pound prepara- tory league game. Episcopal is setting the pace thus far in the circuit with two wins in as many starts. The Al exandria passers have shown the wa to Devitt and Woodward School. According to reports Ronald Dulin, erstwhile athletic luminary at West- ern High, stands an excelient chance of becoming a regular on the Colum- bia University basket ball team after February 1. He will not be eligible until that date, which marks the start of his sophomore term. 116 SCORE “EXCELLENT” ON SNOW-COVERED LINKS NEW YORK, January 17 (®.— B. Erikson shot the 18 holes of the Siwanoy Club golf course at Mount Vernon, N. Y. in 116 strokes Sunday for a net score of 98, when his handicap of 18 is taken into account. Experts say his score was “excellent,” for the snowdrifts at places were four feet deep on the fairways, six feet deep in the rough, and a biting wind swept the course. Erikson is a member of the Snowbirds and has played the course in Winter with the little red ball for 10 years. |BOXERS IN FIVE BOUTS AT ALOYSIUS CLUB SHOW Two mitt pushers who have figured in the final bouts of several outdoor programs will appear on the athletic program to be offered by the Aloysius Club tonight. They will mix in an eight-round bout, Two-four-round bouts and two-six round bouts also have been arranged. S, { Washington A. A. courtmen seek games. Call Lincoln 383. SALES In Washington and Vicinity for 1926 greatly exceed the total Nash sales in'the same territory for the 2 years of 1924 and 1925 " combined. THINK IT OVER /| Wallace Motor Co. PRINCETON IN LEAD IN BASKET LEAGUE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 17.—A lull settles this week over the Eastern Collegiate Basket Ball League after a hectic two-week campalgn that brought Princeton to the top of the heap with three victories and no de. feats and saw the Yale record of league losses raised to 24 straight. The Elis have failed to win in the circuit since late in the 1924 season. Only two battles are scheduled for the week. One brings the Tiger forces to Hanover, N. H., to face Dart- mouth, tied in ‘second place with Pennsylvania after two victories and one defeat. A win for the Green will force a tie with Princeton for first place. The Yale five meets Cornell at Ithaca, N. Y., in the other contest. Both will be played Saturday night. Relax-! Play Billiards or Pocket Billiards at Washington’s Newest and Largest Billz'ardT Parlor ‘he hustle busy day evening. Th of a requires recreation. perfect & satistied Open 10 A. M. tol A M. Distributor 1709 L Street Main 7612 et oenn Jeadershin in the bz n | Plans to Give Civic Recognition When He Returns | Michigan, now tied at the top, each | | By the Associated Prees. TORONTO, Ontario, Toronto's congratulations today to George Young, youthful conqueror of the turbulent Catalina Channel. Mayor Foster wired him ‘I congratulate you on your wonder: ful vietory and the homor you have brought to the city by your achieve ment."”" Plans are under way for civic recog nition of the swimmer and his widowed mother who stayed at home and prayed for his succ “I told you was heard quently in Toronto swimming y C. A. circles. Swimming com panions told all sorts of stories about his prowess in the water—how when only 9 vears of age he showed re markable ability; not even zero weather could keep him out of Lake Ontario. But the greatest pleasure came to his widowed mother, Mrs. Jane Young. Her elation was followed im mediately by concén for the health of her son. “Oh, 1 hope George doesn’t catch pneumonia!” she ex- claimed Mrs. Young Long a Widow. Mrs. Young became a widow when George was only a few months old She lived in Scotalnd then, but after struggling for two and a half vears, she brought George to Toronto Through all sorts of hardships they struggled, ever waiting for the day when George would have a chance to prove the confidence his mother had in him. And that chance came through the aquatic ability of the boy. He started to swim when he was 6 yvears of age; at 8 he came under the eve of John Walker, swimming in- structor at the Granite Club here. Under the guidance of Walker, George made such progress that at 16 he held 4 records and 15 swimminz championships, Now he is the holder of four Canadian championships, the 220. yards and 200 vards, free-style the quarter mile and 1 mile. George had difficulty in getting to California. Unable to find any one to finance him, he determined to go. nevertheless. He and a friend, Wil- liam Hastings, set out in an old motor cycle to c the continent Un daunted by vicissitudes, they reached the coast, Young never for a moment losing hope that the $25,000 prize would be his. When his mother had given him all her savings—S$135—as he started on his long journey also gave him the motto:: “Don’t fail —whatever you start finish.”’ Given Lift in Pinch. George's friends were panticularly interested in the story of how two young honeymooners from Quincy, Mass., Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Foster, gave the swimmer and his pal, Hast- January 17.— were sent fre. , Ark., to San Pedro. The boys were desperate, for their motor c: had simply refused to go farther, their funds were low and things looked dark for them. Notwithstanding this, the” honeymooners reported, the boys laughed just the same. Johnny Walker was more pleased over the 'victory perhaps than ‘any other person in Toronto, except Mrs. Young. The friend and trainer of George said: “Young is not only the greatest swimmer that Canada has ever pro- duced, but the greatest swimmer the world has produced. The only thing against him was that he didn't train a scrap. But I knew he had a chance to win. Seéveral times he has beaten the world two-mile record swimming in a tank, though a claim has never been put in, but he takes even better to swimming outdoors.” Walker worked with Young early in the fall, in preparation for the swim. When the boy broke off strict training and started the journey to the scene of his triumph on a motor- cycle Walker figured that he had placed himself in danger of losing, for it was the traiper's belief that the long swim needed perfect condi- tion. Never Troubled by Cold. Young, his friends say, never was troubled by cold.gvater, as he used a peculiar style all his own, a double- shoulder movement that helped keep him warm. The system fs. known as the “Carlton Arms,” but only those with superstrength, it is claimed, can keep up the stroke for any great length of time. Several years-ago Mrs. Young and George were employed at a summer hotel in Muskoka, George as a bell- hop. In a fire at the hotel they lost virtually all their belongings, includ- ing a cup which George had cap- tured for swimming the Toronto “cross-the-bay swim.” Mrs. Young, jumping out of a window, missed the blanket underneath and injured her spine so severely that she was forced to undergo an operation from which she is still convalescing. She considers the success of her son was due to the fact that he neither smokes nor drinks. She is anxious for him to come home, but says that if he can benefit himself A Special N Hess Our $7 and $8 Shoes Oug $9 and $10 Shoes Our $11 and .$11.50 Shees Our $12 and $13 Shoes TORONTO HIGHLY ELATED OVER TRIUMPH OF YOUNG Home—Many Messages of Congratulations Are Sent to Youthful Swimmer. and | | | cedented cold spell that has swept the | | ings, a lift in their fiivver from Little | 0 2 CHeetions over nt Further Notice— Choice of Black and Tan Leathers 3585 3@ $82.85 PopAfilcr T Shoe 105 N. Hess Sons, 607 14th St. by remaining in California for a short time, she is willing to go there | to _join him | The prime minister of Ontario, G. | Howard Ferguson, also sent Young | a message of congratulation “All Ontario,” he said, “is greatly interested in the wonderful feat of | endurance and skill in the swimming contest. Heartiest congratulations on your great suecce: It brings added | laurels to Canadian athletic sports.” | FOOT BALL PLAYER DIES. : WHEELING, W, V (®P).—John W. (Jack) former captain and st the Lehigh team, is dead at his home here. Storer became ill with pneu monia 15 months ago and tubercu- losis developed. By the Associated Press WILMINGTON, Calif,, January 17. /nusual exhibitions of gameness by man and woman entrants in the Cata- lina Channel marathon swim were re- vealed today as trainers told of the reluctance of their charges to leave the water. Mrs. Charlotte Schoemmel of New York was one of these. A week be- fore the swim she seriously injured a knee in a workout. Nausea overtook her shortly after the start, the injured leg becoming useless, floating helpless- Iy in the water, but she held on for 7 miles before permitting her trainers to take her into a boat. The consensus was that the great obstacle to be overcome was not the | distance but the cold water. This low temperature was due to the unpre- southern California coéast this Winter. Temperatur varied from of different currents | 4 degrees to 68 degrees. - ¢ Does greasing help? This questioh is answered in the afirmative by a vast majority of the contestants. Nor- man Ross of Chicago says no. He re. lied on an olive oil rub. Whichever faction is right, it is a fact that the joint surfaces of limbs, such as el- bows, shoulders and knees, where cold attacks the swimmer most persistent- Iy, were almost bare of grease after several miles had been covered. The “me, too,” psychology of weary swimmers gummed the official tabulat ing machines. When one decided to give up it seemed that almost in. variably the little red flags indicating | contestants dropping out cropped up | all directions over the almos 75| which be | in 1me the course, Voracious sharks and hungry bar- RICHMOND CAGERS WIN FOUR IN ROW RICHMOND, Va., January 17.— Three of Virginia's big four last Week tell before the vicious attack of Coach Dobson's Richmond cagers, thus smashing the uncertainty that pre vailed at the start of the season as to the caliber of the 1927 Spider quint V. M. I, Washington and Lee and University of Virginia tasted defeat on successive nights. Victories over the Generals and the Cavaliers were the first court triumphs achieved in 15 years by the Spiders over these worthy foemen. Undefeated in four starts, the locals play host on Tuesday to the Indian t from Willlam and Mary. Ran dolph-Macon and St. John's of An napolis will complete this week's court program. ARMOUR AND WATROUS | WIN $2,500 GOLF EVENT LOS ANGELES, January 17 (#) Tommy Armour, Washington, D. C pro. and Al Watrous of Grand Rapids, | Mich., shot through 21 holes to defeat Vie D'Alberto and Hutt Martin, Los Angeles professionals, in the finals of the $2,500 California State open golf championship tournament. N LONG SWIM racuda, much ‘advertised before the| ocean marathon as a menace to swim- | mers, failed to show up. Not a toe | was missing from the kicking feet of | the contestants that churned the San | Pedro Channel, not a single inquisitive swordfish poked its bony proboscis into the course. 3 seemed to stay y | | radiated_confi- | dence from the . He set off with | a corfparatively swift stroke, over hauled Norman Ross, who led the race out of the Santa Catalina Isthmus Bay and held the lead to the end About 18 miles out he faced a stiff | battle against tides, He pa enough to reply to a quel press boat, “I am confident that I can make it.” e g CUE STAR TO PERFORM AT SCANLON’S THIS WEEK' Willle Lewis, Philadelphia pocket billiard expert, who appeared all last week at the King Pin parlors, will transfer his activities this week to Scanlon’s, Ninth and D streets, where he will meet all comers in afternoon and evening matches. Prizes are to be awarded the play- ers making the best scores against Lewis, who will give an exhibition of fancy shots following each match. Lewis dropped but two matches last week, losing to Gene Ruark and Chick Lappine. George will referee the matches at Scanlon Young, the GRID COACH FOUND DEAD. NEW ORLEANS, January 17 (®).— | Douglas L. Mey ant foot ball | coach at Loyola University, was found | dead in his room here from asphyxia- | tion. The Evening Star BOYS CLUB_ BY DICK HARLOW. Foot Ball and Boxinz Coach at Western Maryland College. The kind of boxing I intend to teach the members of The Star Bo; Club is a gentleman's sport. There is no need of black eyes and bloody noses. Boxing is a lot of fun and can be enjoyed without the rough- ness and rowdyism that brings ob- jections from your parents. First the boy taking up boxing must realize that good sportsmanship is an important lesson to learn. But I imagine most of you fellows are good sports to start with. Boxing is a game of give and take. I never saw a boxer so clever he could avold all punishment. -But at the same time there is no need of sooring a victory with bru Avoid aiming for the nose, the eyes, etc. Aim for the side of the chin’ instead. The great boxer is the one who can work calmly and cooly in the face of odds. The temptation to lose your head is great. Be cool, collected and Reduction Shoes B 8 Spectal Note the Great Reduction Our Very Best Grade calm. That's the finest lesson to be learned in vigorous sports. It is the foundation of all sportsmanship. A victory at any price attitude may lose you the respect of your boy friends. | To avoid cuts and bruses, further, | never use gloves weighing less than | 12 ounces. Boys of your age should | never use the lightsr gloves, which have less padding and inflict hurts. | Remember to relax in boxing as | in all other sports. For instance don't | keep both fists clinched all the time. | Only clench a fist as you deliver a | blow. Tense muscles tire you. | | vaudevil | George | Channel |a pretty SWIMMING HERO RECEIVES FILM, VAUDEVILLE OFFERS Victor in Catalina Channel Event Covers 22 Miles in 15 Hours and 45 Minutes, Being Only One of 96 Who Started to Survive Test. By the Associated Press LOS ANGEL twin sisters, fame ingly dangled motion nuary 17.—The fortune, sn picture and contracts today before Young, 17-vear-old Canadian, who won the Wrigley $25,000 Cata marathon, but the young conqueror hesitated. What he mother. He wants most of left her in Toro doned his standing as a amateur and turned up here n | broke in order to compete in the swim. | And when the captains and kings of the aquatic world had fallen behind him one by one, he floundered out of | the water at Point Vicente early yes terday morning, the only one of 9 of those who essayed to swim the mile gap between Catalina Island and the mainland Young, who was hours and 45 minutes, landed on the California mainland at 3:06 a.m., after game of “freeze-out” and en durance with some of the world's best | swimmers. He negotiated a distance | of between 30 and 34 miles in span- | ning the 22-mile channel, and in water averaging around 57 degrees. Get Close to Finish. Two women and two men stayed in the race until they were within sight of the finishing point. Mrs. Margaret C. Hauser of Long Beach, Calif., and | Martha Stager of Portland, Ore.. came near to collécting the additional $15,000 offered for the first woman to negotiate the channel. Miss Stager was 4 miles away when she quit. Peter Meyer of Cincinnati was within a mile and a half of the goal when he quit The process of elimination among the 153 original entrants began before | the race started. Only 102 faced the | water as the starting gun banged. Six | se failed to take to the water. » remaining 96 began dropping out 30 minutes of swimming. In hours the list had shrunk to in the water 15 | fi about s. Charlotte Moore Schoemmel of York, whose determination to | wi only bathing suit of axle grease gave the newspaper men a | prolific news subject, was taken from the water after five and one-half hours with a slight cramp and_an injured tendon. Charles Toth of Boston, con queror of the English Channel, was the next star to give up. An hour| later another English Channel con- queror, Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell Mass., quit. Miss Barrett Quits Later. Clarabelle Barrett, Pelham, N. Y. school teacher, whose 23-hour fight against the English Channel last year won her much praise, even though she failed to finish, dropped out eight miles from the goal at 1:30 a.m Norman Ross, Chicago entry, who was the last to give up, was between three and four miles from the goal. | He had been the favorite in the bet-. ting. Young planned to rest today in the home of Henry O'Bryne, his manager. a He his | his wave mother in Toronto |and hoy tion lations which has pou: jand still complained of a soreness in shoulder, the only ill effect from strenuous battle against tide and When Young said good-bye to his Ontario, and start- out with a companion, William Hastings, to take his chance among soned competitors in the 22 e, he had visions of in the West, where he his_mother might live in happi and_comfort While Young is thinking only of the which 1s soon to be a realiza- ilong with the flood of congratu- in by mail since Young became swimming hero, is an both film and vaude telegraph the world's avalanche of ville contracts. TO VISIT EPISCOPAL ALEXANDRI/ b January 17.— Episcopal High Schaol 'will face West. in a basket ball game Episcopal was deci- sively defeated by Swavely and nosed out by Tech. William Lyons has been elected cap- tain the Jefferson School basket ball tez Manager Bill Hammond has signed contracts for two games this week for his Pirate A. C. five. Annadale A. C. will be met tomorrow and Lee-Jackson High School Wednesday. A twin bill has been scheduled for *y Hall Friday. Alexandria High I play Fredericksburg High, George Mason High girls unter Alexandria High sex- Armor School w while th, will en; Nk A benefit game for Dick Schoent, 11 for the past six months, will be played between Virginia Athletic Club and St. Mary's Celtics here Thursday. Potomac Boat Club and Old Do- mionion Boat Club will play the first game of the Nautical Basket Ball League Thursday in Washington. Alexandria High School plays its annual basket ball game with Ran. dolph Macon Military Academy at Front Royal, Va., next Saturday. 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